Corb

Quick meaning: Corb is a noun meaning A brown meagre (Sciaena umbra).

Meaning

A brown meagre (Sciaena umbra).

More Meanings

1. (archaic) A basket, for example one used in coal mines, etc.
2. (obsolete, architecture) a corbel (ornament in a building).

Example Sentences

Some bore amain The death-vat, some the corbs of hallowed grain

I[…] carried my corb of fagots home on my back, while my two youngsters had each their bundle on their little shoulders too

He said no more, but signed to me to lift a heavy wooden corb with an iron loop across it, and sunk in a little pit of earth, a yard or so from the mouth of the shaft. I raised it, and by his direction dropped it into the throat of the shaft, where it hung and shook from a great cross-beam laid at the level of the earth. A very stout thick rope was fastened to the handle of the corb, and ran across a pulley hanging from the centre of the beam, and thence out of sight in the nether places.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for corb

Depending on context, synonyms include corf.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include corver, copher, cobb, corby, corn-cob, cobble.

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