Cobbing

Quick meaning: Cobbing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of cob.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of cob.

More Meanings

1. (mining) The manual separation of minerals in ore using a hammer.
2. The production of cobs.
3. (military, prison) an unofficial form of punishment among the crew or prisoners involving blows to the buttocks from a piece of wood or a handsaw.

Example Sentences

Wheeler provides greater detail on ore treatment, such as traditional cobbing and sorting methods.

Symptom is stunting of plant, premature wilting of leaves, chlorotic stripes on young leaves, leaf purpling, excessive tillering and cobbing and formation of barren cobs.

In America, Canada, and Central Europe, for example, snow lies feet deep on the ground in the winter, and the summers are sufficiently hot to enable maize to be grown successfully for cobbing,

There were highly significant differences in percent cobbing between the two fertilizer levels, with the unfertilized treatment producing significantly more cobs than the fertilized treatment.

Word Forms

• cobbings

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