Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wall built of unburned clay, sometimes mixed with straw, or of straw, lime, and earth. See
cob-house , and cob, 9.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A wall made of clay mixed with straw.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
wall made ofclay mixed withstraw .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She drove full-head at the cobwall — ‘Oh, Jack, slip off,’ screamed
Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004
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John Fry jumped in a livelier manner than when he was doing day-work; and I rested the mouth on a cross rack-piece, and felt a warm sort of surety that I could hit the door over opposite, or, at least, the cobwall alongside of it, and do no harm in the orchard.
Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004
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She drove full-head at the cobwall -- 'Oh, Jack, slip off,' screamed
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John Fry jumped in a livelier manner than when he was doing day-work; and I rested the mouth on a cross rack-piece, and felt a warm sort of surety that I could hit the door over opposite, or, at least, the cobwall alongside of it, and do no harm in the orchard.
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