cobbled

adjective

cob·​bled ˈkä-bəld How to pronounce cobbled (audio)
: paved with cobblestones
cobbled streets

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Also included in the mix of photos is a shot of the fiery sunset over one of the canals, a close-up of the city’s architecture, and photos of Madonna posing in a cobbled alleyway. Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026 Menaggio and Tremezzo are a short drive away, while Bellagio—just 15 minutes by ferry—is ideal for a spontaneous lunch or stroll through the cobbled streets. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2026 Last month, more than six hundred people ate lunch together on trestle tables that snaked through the cobbled streets of Acciaroli, to celebrate fifteen years since Unesco designated the Mediterranean diet part of Italy’s intangible cultural heritage. Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025 The slough that harbored little bass in 2022 lay a few miles from the dam behind a cobbled sandbar sheltering it from the flow for a few hundred yards. Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cobbled

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cobbled was in 1853

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“Cobbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cobbled. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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