Kibble

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪbÉ™l

Unknown; verb sense c. 1790,

Merriam Webster Online

Shropshire dialect,

A dictionary of archaic and provincial words, obsolete phrases, proverbs, ..., Volume 2, by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, First Edition, 1847, p. 493

perhaps variant of chip.

Century Dictionary, “kibble etymologies”, Wordnik

Full definition of kibble

Verb

1. to grind coarselykibbled oats

Noun

1. something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed

German Kübel ("pail"), from Middle High German, from Old High German -chublī (in miluhchublī ("milk pail")), from Vulgar Latin *cupia, from Latin cūpa.

American Heritage 2006

Noun

1. an iron bucket used in mines for hoisting anything to the surface