cobb
See also: Cobb
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant spelling of cob.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cobb (plural cobbs)
- A sea-cob or gull.
- A pier made from cobblestones.
- A hand-basket, especially made from wicker.
- A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe. Also called cob, rammed earth or pisé.
- (US) A knock or blow.
- Alternative form of cob (“person of mixed (black and white) race”)
- 1807, François Raymond J. de Pons, Travels in South America, during ... 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804. Transl, page 249:
- His colour is nearly that of a grif or cobb, the produce of a mulatto and negro.