A dialectal or archaic term for a fish (also called codfish), possibly related to 'cabiliau' or other fish names.
Possibly derived from the same root as 'cabeliau' (a type of dried salted fish), though the exact origin is uncertain; it may be a regional variation or dialectal form of fish-related terminology.
The word 'cabble' is so obscure that it barely appears in modern dictionaries—it's a fossil word that survived in certain dialects, reminding us that for every common word like 'fish,' there were once dozens of region-specific names that sounded perfectly normal to people in one town but completely strange to their neighbors.
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