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moble en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈməʊbəl/

Etymology

Frequentative mob + -le.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To muffle or wrap someone's head or face (normally with up).
   • But who, O who, had ſeen the inobled Queen. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 264:
   • She was all mobled up at the window, her tawniness flat and dull in this snowlight, and I felt pity. 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun […] , London: Heinemann, page 145:

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