to decorate wood or metal with small dots or punctures
• (v. t.) To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift. • (n.) Coarse flour or meal. • (n.) A coarse sieve or screen. • (a.) Coarse; as, cribble bread.
Crib'ble adjective Coarse; as, cribble bread. [ Obsolete] Huloet. Crib'ble noun [ French crible , Late Latin criblus sieve, from Latin cribrum .] 1. A coarse sieve or screen. 2. Coarse flour or meal. [ Obsolete] Johnson. Crib'ble transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Cribbled (-b'ld); present participle & verbal noun Cribbling (-bl?ng).] [ Confer French cribler .] To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.