dobby

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  1. noun A mechanical part in a loom that controls the harnesses so as to permit weaving of small geometric figures.
  2. noun A small geometric figure woven into fabric.
  3. noun A fabric with such figures.

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  • Our product range includes yarn dyed shirting, jacquard & Dobby Structures, corduroys, bottomweights, solid dyed, Poplins & Dobby Shirting with varieties of weaves, varieties of jacquard, dobby & leno structured furnishing fabrics, organic cotton certified by union control, linen, cotton with linen, silk, lycra, nylon, tinsel and viscose and surface coating with pigment colors. —  Free Apparel News – Apparel RSS XML Feeds – Fibre2fashion.com
  • For the lake, he gets Neville to help harry out who tells him about gilly weed and dobby the elf gets it for Harry. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • The used materials are a mix of woollen felt, a woven woollen dobby and printed cotton. —  Dezeen
  • Welspun USA is showing several new freestanding, solid color sheets under Luxus: Shimmer, a screen-printed solid with a high level of shine; Micro Modal, 40\% eucalyptus / 60\% cotton, with properties similar to bamboo; a double-row baratto that is manufactured in a single process so it has lower duties than a traditional baratto; Chamberlain, a 500-count dobby stripe in six colors; and Aurora, a 450-count, single-screen striped print.
  • It was a stunning collection, filled with organic cotton check and dobby blouses, herringbone blazers, madras jackets and matching shorts, surplus cotton voile dresses, organic denim, a vegetable tanned leather moto jacket, and some pants in recycled polyester. —  Eco-Chick
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  1. Perhaps from Dobbie, diminutive of Dob, alteration of Rob, nickname for Robert.

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  1. Scots also dobbie; diminutive of Dob, Dobb, like Hob, variant of Rob, abbreviation of Robert; a familiar use of the proper name. Cf. dobbin.
 

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/ˈdɑbi/
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