cribble

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪbəl/

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Noun

cribble (plural cribbles)

1. A coarse sieve or screen.
2. Coarse flour or meal.
   • 1696, Samuel Jeake, Λογιστολογία:

     Bread made of the whole Wheat is sometime called Cribble or fine Ravel Bread

Verb

cribble (third-person singular simple present cribbles, present participle cribbling, simple past and past participle cribbled)

1. To pass something through a sieve.

Adjective

cribble (comparative more cribble, superlative most cribble)

1. (obsolete) coarse
   • 1849, Henry Bullinger, H. I (translator), The Decades

     The gardens, with digging for novelties, are turned over and over, because we will not eat common cribble bread.