dial. Also 5 kyble, 7 keble. [Origin obscure: cf. KEBBIE and KIBBO.] A stout staff or cudgel; a hooked stick.

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1411.  Nottingham Rec., II. 86. j. kyble, ob.; j. hacstok, jd.; j. horsmall’.

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1570.  Levins, Manip., 113/22. Kibble, baculus.

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1674–91.  Ray, N. C. Words (E. D. S.), Keble, a timber-log.

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1800.  S. Pegge, Anecd. Eng. Lang., Suppl. (1814), 383. Kibble, a strong thick stick.

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