cob
[ kob ]
/ kɒb /
noun
a corncob.
a male swan.
a short-legged, thick-set horse, often having a high gait and frequently used for driving.
British.
a mixture of clay and straw, used as a building material.
British Dialect.
a rounded mass or lump.
a crude silver or gold Spanish-American coin of the 16th to 18th centuries, characteristically irregular in shape and bearing only a partial impression of the dies from which it was struck.
Origin of cob
1375–1425; late Middle English
cobbe male swan, leader of a gang; these and various subsequent senses are obscurely related and probably in part of distinct orig.
Words nearby cob
coatzacoalcos,
coauthor,
coax,
coaxial,
coaxial cable,
cob,
cob coal,
cob money,
cob pie,
cobaea,
cobalamin
Example sentences from the Web for cob
British Dictionary definitions for cob (1 of 2)
cob
1
/ (kɒb) /
noun
verb cobs, cobbing or cobbed
(tr) British informal
to beat, esp on the buttocks
Word Origin for cob
C15: of uncertain origin; probably related to Icelandic
kobbi seal; see
cub
British Dictionary definitions for cob (2 of 2)
cob
2
cobb
/ (kɒb) /
noun
an archaic or dialect name for the greater black-backed gull (Larus marinus)
See also gull 1
Word Origin for cob
C16: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch
kob, kobbe