clobn.
local.
(See quots.).
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1758 J. Collet in Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 110 Under this lies what they [in Berkshire] call clob, being a peat-earth, compounded of clay, of a small quantity of earth, and some true peat.
1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 334 A species of earth compounded of clay, and termed ‘clob’, which, though burned for manure, lies above the true [Newbury] peat.
1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall Clob, a clod or lump of earth. Walls made of marl mixed with straw are called clob or cob walls.
Derivatives
clobbed adj. dialect
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1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall (at cited word) A choked pipe..would be said to be clobbed up. Dirty clothes or utensils are..clobbed with dirt.
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