Scob

Quick meaning: Scob is a noun meaning (weaving) A flaw in which the weft misses a few warp threads.

Meaning

(weaving) A flaw in which the weft misses a few warp threads.

More Meanings

1. (Winchester College) A wooden box with two lids, used as a storage box and movable desk.
2. (weaving) To create a scob.
3. (coal mining) To pack a wagon with large pieces on top so as to hide gaps resulting from it not being completely filled.
4. To scrape or pound.

Example Sentences

In School we had our scobs, two rows of them on the north side, one on the south.

The need for a writing surface and space to store the larger number of books now being used by the pupils no doubt brought the scob into being.

A scob, again, is a blemish in the cloth arising from the interruption of the threads in shedding, preventing the proper interlacing of the warp and the weft.

Possessed of the keys, the boys broke into Mr. Goddard's apartments, and blocked up the passage of communication between them and the Warden's lodging with scobs.

Word Forms

• scobs
• scobbing
• scobbed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scroop, slub, scab, scud, sleave, scrobe.

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