tyebble

English

Alternative forms

• chebble

Etymology

A dialectal reflex of Middle English table, featuring the local change of Middle English /aː/ to /jɛ/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtjɛbəl/, /ˈt͡ʃɛbəl/

Noun

tyebble (plural tyebbles)

1. (Geordie) table
   • 1840, R. Emery, “Newcastle Beer versus Spaw Water”, in The Tyne songster, a choice selection of songs in the Newcastle dialect‎^[1], →ISBN, page 303:

     Then some wer fair and fat, some nowt but skin and byen, / And at a tyebble sat a man near twenty styen—