Definitions for: Dibble


[n] a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs
[v] make a hole with a dibble or as if with a dibble; "dibble the ground"
[v] plant with a dibble



Webster (1913) Definition: Dib"ble, n. [See Dibble, v. i.]
A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which
no set out plants or to plant seeds.


Dib"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dibbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dibbling.] [Freq. of Prov. E. dib, for dip to thrust in.
See Dip.]
To dib or dip frequently, as in angling. --Walton.


Dib"ble, v. t.
1. To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a
dibble, for planting.

2. To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble.

The clayey soil around it was dibbled thick at the
time by the tiny hoofs of sheep. --H. Miller.

Synonyms: dibber

See Also: dig, dig out, hand tool, plant, set

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