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stob - What does it mean?

Definition of 'stob'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (dialectal|Appalachian|Northern England|Scotland) A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.
  • * 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.11:
  • He climbed from the skiff and tied up at a stob and labored up the thick grassless bank toward the arches where the bridge went to earth.

    Verb

  • (dialect|Appalachian|Northern England|Scotland) Regional variant of stab.
  • (dialect|Northern England|Scotland) To roof with stob-thatch, to make mats with a stob tool.
  • Appalachian English ----

    Similar to 'stob'

    stab, stub