dibble Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs
    dibber.
  2. verb plant with a wooden hand tool
    • dibble Spring bulbs
  3. verb make a hole with a wooden hand tool
    • dibble the ground

WordNet

Dib"ble noun
Etymology
See Dibble, v. i.
Definitions
  1. A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which no set out plants or to plant seeds.
Dib"ble intransitive verb
Etymology
Freq. of Prov. E. dib, for dip to thrust in. See Dip.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Dibbled ; present participle & verbal noun Dibbling
Definitions
  1. To dib or dip frequently, as in angling. Walton.
Dib"ble transitive verb
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913