scob

Meanings

1. A flaw in which the weft misses a few warp threads.
2. A wooden box with two lids, used as a storage box and movable desk.

1. To create a scob.
2. To pack a wagon with large pieces on top so as to hide gaps resulting from it not being completely filled.
3. To scrape or pound.

Etymology

The Scottish National Dictionary derives the weaving sense from earlier Scottish and Northern English dialectal use of scob to refer to a split or splinter or piece of wood, which it derives from the Middle Irish [Term?] source of Irish scolb (“splinter”); compare Scots skelf.