Stob
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stob is a noun meaning A small post for supporting paling.
Meaning
A small post for supporting paling.
More Meanings
- A wedge in coal-mining.
- (dialect, Appalachia, Northern England, Scotland) To stab.
- (dialect, Northern England, Scotland) To roof with stob-thatch.
- (dialect, Northern England, Scotland) To make mats with a stob tool.
- (dialectal, Appalachia, Northern England, Scotland) A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.
Example Sentences
He climbed from the skiff and tied up at a stob and labored up the thick grassless bank toward the arches where the bridge went to earth.
Word Forms
- stobs
- stobbing
- stobbed
Synonyms for stob
Depending on context, synonyms include jab, run through, chef, chib, ching, chive.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stut, stouk, stuckle, burnstickle, stalder, stix.
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