stob

[ stob ]

nounChiefly South Midland U.S.

a post, stump, or stake.

Origin of stob

1275–1325; Middle English; variant of stub¹

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How to use stob in a sentence

At the mouths of most of the creeks along the James are such "stobs" or broken pilings.
Virginia: The Old Dominion | Frank W. Hutchins and Cortelle Hutchins
All that we did it for was to run in close to look at some "stobs" just showing above the water.
Virginia: The Old Dominion | Frank W. Hutchins and Cortelle Hutchins

British Dictionary definitions for stob

stob

/ (stɒb) /

noun

Scot, Northern English and US dialect a post or stump

Origin of stob

C14: variant of stub

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