Dimble

//ˈdɪm(b)l̩// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bower; a dingle. obsolete

    "1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, London: M. Lownes et al., Song 2, p. 27, And Satyres, that in stades and gloomy dimbles dwell, Runne whooting to the hills to clappe their rude[r] hands."

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"1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, London: M. Lownes et al., Song 2, p. 27, And Satyres, that in stades and gloomy dimbles dwell, Runne whooting to the hills to clappe their rude[r] hands."

Etymology

Probably originally a cavity, and the same word as dimple.

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