DIBBLE


Meaning of DIBBLE in English

— dibbler , n.

/dib"euhl/ , n. , v. , dibbled, dibbling .

n.

1. Also, dibber /dib"euhr/ . a small, hand-held, pointed implement for making holes in soil for planting seedlings, bulbs, etc.

v.t.

2. to make a hole (in the ground) with or as if with a dibble.

3. to set (plants) in holes made with a dibble.

v.i.

4. to work with a dibble.

[ 1325-75; late ME, perh. akin to DIB ]

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