pebbler

noun — 3 senses

pebbler

noun

Etymology From pebble + -er.

1

One who collects pebbles.

  • This bay has long been the favourite resort of pebblers. The whole coast indeed, more particularly to the south, is strewed with onyxes, moss-agates, and cornelians.1815, Thomas Coultas, The Scarborough Guide, page 131:
2

One who or that which applies a pebbled surface to something.

  • The 'pebbler,' accompanied by a player carrying a bucket of warm water, walks backward down the rink, and swings the water-filled sprinkler over his head in a wide, rhythmic arc to throw the water uniformly across the ice, from side to side.1947, Frank Grant Menke, The New Encyclopedia of Sports, page 366:
3

Graph theory, Mathematics, Sciences One who or that which places pebbles at the vertex of a graph, according to certain rules; see pebble game.

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