robbin

See also: Robbin

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒbɪn

Noun

robbin (plural robbins)

  1. (archaic or historical) A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities used to be exported from Southeast Asia[1].
    The robbin of rice in Malabar weighed about 84 pounds.
  2. The spring of a carriage.
  3. (nautical) Alternative form of ropeband.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “robbin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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