Etymology

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Today it means: A coarse sieve or screen. Full definition →

French crible ← Late Latin criblus
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  1. Late Latin · derived fromcriblus“sieve”
  2. French · borrowed fromcrible
  3. English todaycribble

Borrowed from French crible, from Late Latin criblus (“sieve”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.