an attachment to a loom, used in weaving small figures
Word origin
C17: perhaps from Dobby, pet form of Robert
dobby in American English
(ˈdɑbi)
nounWord forms: plural-bies
1. Brit dialect
a fatuous person; fool
2. Textiles
a.
an attachment on a loom, used in weaving small patterns
b. Also called: dobby weave
a small geometric or floral pattern produced by this attachment
c.
a fabric having such a pattern
Word origin
[1685–95; akin to dial. dovie stupid, imbecile, deriv. of dove to doze, dote, OE dofian, dobian; c. G toben to rage; cf. OE dobende decrepit]This word is first recorded in the period 1685–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: align, fatigue, lens, protectorate, sterilize
Examples of 'dobby' in a sentence
dobby
A dobby mechanism consists of three main parts; drive mechanism, selection mechanism and mechanism for transferring motion to the frames.
ABDULLA Gabil, SERDAR Serap Gamze, RIHTIM Bilal, ABDULLAYEV Rashid 2013, 'RESEARCH OF DESIGN'S PARAMETERS OF DRIVE MECHANISM OF RA 14 DOBBY AND DEVELOPMENTOF THE DRIVE MECHANISM', Annals of the University of Oradea: Fascicle of Textiles, Leatherworkhttp://textile.webhost.uoradea.ro/Annals/Volume%20XIV-%20Nr1-2013.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)