† preblen.

Forms: 1500s prebill, 1500s preble.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare pebble n.

Obsolete.

Gravel.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > gravel or shingle > gravel

gravel?a1366

glair1481

preble1541

rab1581

grail1590

channel1592

1541 Acts Privy Council (1837) VII. 113 To view the workes at Dover and especially a certain barre of prebill dryven in..to the mouth of the herborough.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 17^v Varro counsels you to looke whether there be in the land eyther Stone, Marble, Sande, Grauell,..Claye, Preble [L. glarea], or Carbuncle.

1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 282 To haue in store cross-barres, chaynshot..trunckes and bals of wild fyre, with artificiall barrels of preble stones charged with powder.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	preble
释义	† preblen. Forms: 1500s prebill, 1500s preble. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare pebble n. Obsolete. Gravel. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > gravel or shingle > gravel gravel?a1366 glair1481 preble1541 rab1581 grail1590 channel1592 1541 Acts Privy Council (1837) VII. 113 To view the workes at Dover and especially a certain barre of prebill dryven in..to the mouth of the herborough. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 17^v Varro counsels you to looke whether there be in the land eyther Stone, Marble, Sande, Grauell,..Claye, Preble [L. glarea], or Carbuncle. 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 282 To haue in store cross-barres, chaynshot..trunckes and bals of wild fyre, with artificiall barrels of preble stones charged with powder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1541
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