Definition of cob
1
[perhaps short for cobswan lead swan]
: a male swan
2 a
dialectal, England
: a rounded mass, lump, or heap
b
: a mixture of unburned clay and straw used especially for constructing walls of small houses in England
3
: a crudely struck old Spanish coin of irregular shape
—often used before another noun
- a cob dollar
4
: corncob 1
5
: a stocky short-legged riding horse
