ˈkäblə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English cobelere
1. : a repairer or maker of shoes and often of other leather goods
2. archaic : one that does clumsy or coarse work : botcher
3. : a tall drink that consists usually of wine, rum, or whiskey and sugar and is served especially in a goblet filled with shaved ice and garnished with a sprig of mint or slice of lemon or orange
claret cobbler
whiskey cobbler
4. : a deep-dish fruit pie without a bottom crust and with a thick biscuit top crust
5.
a. : a spiny Australian catfish ( Cnidoglanis macrocephalus )
b. : threadfish 1
c. : a long-spined European sea scorpion ( Cottus bubalis )
d. : a scaleless So. Australian scorpaenid fish ( Gymnopistes marmoratus ) related to and greatly resembling the fortescue
e. : pompano 1
6. chiefly Australia : a sheep left to the last at shearing time ; also : a sheep difficult to handle