A coarse sieve used for winnowing grain; to sift or separate using such a device.
From Old French 'cribler' meaning to sift, derived from Latin 'cribrare' from 'cribrum' meaning sieve. The word entered English during the medieval period.
A cribble is an ancient agricultural tool—Roman and Egyptian farmers used similar sieves, and the basic design has changed so little that modern cribbles work using the same principles as 2,000-year-old versions.
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