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cribler

/kʁi.ble/

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verb/kʁi.ble/

to sift, sieve (filter through a sieve or screen); to riddle (cover with holes); to riddle, fill, cover (fill or cover with a multitude of)

Inherited from Middle French cribler, from Old French cribler, crieuler, from Late Latin crīblāre, a dissimilated form of the Classical Latin crībrāre. By surface analysis, crible + -er.