cribble

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French crible, from Late Latin criblus (“sieve”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪbəl/ Rhymes: -ɪbəl === Noun === cribble (plural cribbles) A coarse sieve or screen. Coarse flour or meal. === Verb === cribble (third-person singular simple present cribbles, present participle cribbling, simple past and past participle cribbled) To pass something through a sieve. === Adjective === cribble (comparative more cribble, superlative most cribble) (obsolete) coarse 1849, Henry Bullinger, H. I (translator), The Decades The gardens, with digging for novelties, are turned over and over, because we will not eat common cribble bread.