noun

1. 1. a small stone worn smooth and round, as by the action of water
   2. Geol. such a stone, smaller than a cobblestone, with a maximum diameter of 64 mm (c. 2.5 in)
2. clear, transparent quartz or a lens made from it
3. a surface grain of pebbly appearance, artificially produced on leather (pebble leather), paper, etc.

Etymology: ME pobble < OE papol-(stan), popol-(stan), pebble (stone), prob. of echoic orig.

transitive verb pebbled -·bled, pebbling -·bling

1. to cover with pebbles or objects that look like pebbles
2. to stamp (leather) so as to produce a pebbly appearance