Dibble /(?)/

1. A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which no set out plants or to plant seeds.

imp. & p. p. Dibbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dibbling

1. To dib or dip frequently, as in angling.

1. To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting.
2. To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble.

   The clayey soil around it was dibbled thick at the time by the tiny hoofs of sheep.