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cockled

cockled is the simple past and past participle of cockle.

Meaning of cockle

Verb (1)

cockle (third-person singular simple present cockles, present participle cockling, simple past and past participle cockled)

(transitive) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.

Verb (2)

cockle (third-person singular simple present cockles, present participle cockling, simple past and past participle cockled)

(Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) To wobble, shake; to be unsteady.
- Israel Wilde arrived last, his ankle swollen and already berry-blue after cockling at the top of Hatherself Scout.2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 32

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Adjective

cockled (not comparable)

(obsolete) Enclosed in a shell.
- Love's feeling is more soft and sensible
  Than are the tender horns of cockl’d snails;c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about cockled

What does cockled mean?: Cockled means enclosed in a shell.
What is cockled the simple past and past participle of?: Cockled is the simple past and past participle of cockle.
What part of speech is cockled?: Cockled is an adjective.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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