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