English Explanatory Dictionary

brob

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wedge-shaped spike used to secure the end of a timber where it abuts another. Much used in earlier times in the construction of tunnelled box-timber headings.
verb
  1. To poke or prick

Pronunciation

/bɹɒb/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brob.wav

Word forms

brob brobs brobbing brobbed
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