Brob
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /bɹɒb/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Brob is a noun meaning A wedge-shaped spike used to secure the end of a timber where it abuts another. Much used in earlier times in the construction of tunnelled box-timber headings.
Meaning
A wedge-shaped spike used to secure the end of a timber where it abuts another. Much used in earlier times in the construction of tunnelled box-timber headings.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) To poke or prick
Word Forms
- brobs
- brobbing
- brobbed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include glut, swedge, splitter, studding, batten, stob.
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