dobby

Meaning of dobby

noun
  1. a mechanism attached to a loom for weaving small patterns similar to but simpler than those produced by a Jacquard loom.
    dobby loom

late 19th century: 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).

Information about dobby

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of dobby is: dobbies.
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Hyphenation of dobby

dobby

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • dobby is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with dobby

Bobby, bobby, Cobby, cobby, scobby, gobby, hobby, blobby, flobby, globby, lobby, slobby, mobby, hobnobby, knobby, nobby, snobby, pobby, Robby, sobby

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