abb

American  

[ab] / æb /

noun

1. low-grade wool from the breech or outer edges of a fleece.

2. yarn made from this wool.

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Etymology

Origin of abb

before 1000; Old English ab, āweb, ōweb; a- ³, woof ¹, web, weave

Example Sentences

The abbreviation "abbt", instead of "abb", seems to mark the abbess.

From The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by Ingram, J. H. (James Henry)

EXCEPTIONS.—We double the consonant in abb, ebb, add, odd, egg, jagg, ragg, inn, err, burr, purr, butt, buzz, fuzz, yarr, and some proper names.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The stanza is of six lines, of ten syllables each, with the cæsura after the fifth syllable, the rhymes being abb, aba.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred