cobb

plural cobbs

1. A sea-cob or gull.
2. A pier made from cobblestones.
3. A hand-basket, especially made from wicker.
4. A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe. Also called cob, rammed earth or pisé.
5. USA knock or blow.
6. alternativeAlternative form of cob (“person of mixed (black and white) race”).

   His colour is nearly that of a grif or cobb, the produce of a mulatto and negro.

   1807, François Raymond J. de Pons, Travels in South America, during ... 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804. Transl, page 249

plural Cobbs

1. countableuncountableA surname.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Lake County, California.
   2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Sumter County, Georgia.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Nevins Township, Vigo County, Indiana.
   4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Kentucky.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in St. Clair County, Missouri.
   6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Stoddard County, Missouri.
   7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Bryan County, Oklahoma.
   8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas.
   9. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
   10. countableuncountableA village in Iowa County, Wisconsin.