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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread cob #82826 10/04/2002 2:20 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Years ago, I taught for a season in Southwest England. We lived in an old Anglo-Saxon town -- in a thatch and cob cottage. It'd stood for 500 years. Thatch is the thick woven straw that makes the roof. The walls are a mixture of clay and straw called cob, or sometimes tabby. Also from http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi459.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cob #82827 10/04/2002 3:49 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park i wonder which meaning of cob... i suspect it is related to cobweb, based on an old english word for spiders, coppe, which has totally disappered and leave only cobwebs behind. (but cobwebs in Websters NW, are any thing flimsy, gausy or ensnaring.. but cob, from the german, *kubb- means anything small, and rounded, and gives use a small lump of coal or corn cobs, and even a short thickset riding horse! but nowhere does it include the meaning you spoke of, dr bill but it is an american dictionary. cobbler is defined as a clumsy, bungling work man, (and as a repairer of shoes) maybe cob walls are so called because they could be created by even an incompetent person? (unlike fine woodworking) my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cob #82828 10/18/2002 9:34 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont well, I've certainly cobbled a few things together... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cobblers #82829 10/18/2002 9:52 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Apple, peach, and blueberry cobblers are all very nice and not especially bungling. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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