Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cobble \Cob"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cobbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Cobbling}.] [OF. cobler, copler, to join or knit together,
   couple, F. coupler, L. copulare to couple, join. Cf.
   {Couple}, n. & v. t.]
   1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to
      cobble shoes. --Shak. ``A cobbled saddle.'' --Thackeray.

   2. To make clumsily. ``Cobbled rhymes.'' --Dryden.

   3. To pave with cobblestones.

Source : WordNet®

cobbling
     n : the shoemaker's trade [syn: {shoemaking}, {shoe repairing}]