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Pronunciation
Noun
brob (plural brobs)
- A wedge-shaped spike used to secure the end of a timber where it abuts another. Much used in earlier times in the construction of tunnelled box-timber headings.
Verb
brob (third-person singular simple present brobs, present participle brobbing, simple past and past participle brobbed)
- (obsolete) To poke or prick
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