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Definition of "dibbling" []

  • Present participle of dibble. (verb)

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Use "dibbling" in a sentence
  • "A few anglers still practise the old style of dapping or "dibbling" after the manner advised by"
  • "In this he anticipates the system of "dibbling" grain, which, notwithstanding, is spoken of by writers within half a century [9] as a new thing; and which, it is needless to say, still prevails extensively in many parts of England."
  • "He lays aside the plough when it has done its work, and takes up the seed-basket, and, in different ways, sows different seeds, scattering some broadcast, and dropping others carefully, grain by grain, into their place -- 'dibbling' it in, as we should say."
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