cobb
nounUK /kɒb/
Etymology Variant spelling of cob.
1
A sea-cob or gull.
2
A pier made from cobblestones.
3
A hand-basket, especially made from wicker.
4
A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe. Also called cob, rammed earth or pisé.
5
US A knock or blow.
6
Alternative Alternative form of cob (“person of mixed (black and white) race”).
- 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: