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dobby

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOBBY

DOBBY Dob "by, n. (Weaving )

Defn: An apparatus resembling a Jacquard for weaving small figures (usually about 12 - 16 threads, seldom more than 36 - 4 threads ).

New American Oxford Dictionary

dobby

dob by |ˈdäbē ˈdɑbi | ▶noun ( pl. dobbies ) a mechanism attached to a loom for weaving small patterns similar to but simpler than those produced by a Jacquard loom. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: perhaps an application of the given name Dobbie, from Dob (alteration of the given name Rob ). The usage is probably an extension of the earlier sense ‘benevolent elf ’ (who performed household tasks secretly ).

dobby weave

dob by weave ▶noun a style of patterned weave consisting of small geometric devices repeated frequently.

Oxford Dictionary

dobby

dobby |ˈdɒbi | ▶noun ( pl. dobbies ) a mechanism attached to a loom for weaving small patterns similar to but simpler than those produced by a Jacquard loom. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: perhaps an application of the given name Dobbie, from Dob (alteration of the given name Rob ). The usage is probably an extension of the earlier sense ‘benevolent elf ’ (who performed household tasks secretly ).

dobby weave

dob by weave ▶noun a style of patterned weave consisting of small geometric devices repeated frequently.