coble

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/ˈkɒbəl/

noun

A small flat-bottomed fishing boat suitable for launching from a beach, found on the north-east coast of England and in Scotland.

OriginMiddle English coble ← Latin caupulus →
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Meanings

coble1

nouncoble (plural cobles)

plural cobles · alternative cobble

  1. nauticalA small flat-bottomed fishing boat suitable for launching from a beach, found on the north-east coast of England and in Scotland.

    Its streets fan out towards the clifftops, and its sheltered North Landing harbours open-decked fishing boats, called 'cobles'.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 188, about Flamborough

Coble2

proper nounCoble (plural Cobles)

plural Cobles

  1. A surname from Middle English.

Origin

coble · noun

  1. Latincaupulus
  2. Middle Englishcoble
  3. Englishcoble

From Middle English coble, from the Cumbric equivalent of Welsh ceubal (“skiff”); ultimately from Latin caupulus.

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Coble · proper noun

  1. Middle Englishcobel“coble, rowboat”
  2. EnglishCoble

* As an English surname, from Middle English cobel (“coble, rowboat”), a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of such or a sailor. See modern coble. * As a German surname, Americanized from Kobel, Goebel.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with coble

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Cite this entry
APA

coble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coble

MLA

“coble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coble. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coble,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coble.

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