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cobblestone

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cob⋅ble⋅stone

[kob-uhl-stohn]
–noun
a naturally rounded stone, larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder, formerly used in paving.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME cobylstone. See cobble 1 , stone


cob⋅ble⋅stoned, adjective
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cob·ble·stone   (kŏb'əl-stōn')   
n.  A naturally rounded paving stone.

[Middle English cobelston : obsolete cobel, probably diminutive of cob, round object; see cob + Middle English ston, stone, stone; see stone.]
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