1. a small edible marine bivalve mollusk with a ribbed shell
2. a wrinkle or pucker in fabric or paper

1. to wrinkle or pucker

Examples

• We collected cockles from the sandy beach at low tide.
• The fisherman sold fresh cockles at the market.
• The heat caused the wallpaper to cockle at the edges.
• She tried to smooth out the cockles in the fabric.
• The old photograph had begun to cockle with age.
• The paper will cockle if it gets wet.