Robbin

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Robbin \Rob"bin\, n. (Com.)
     A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities
     are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of
     rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds. --Simmonds.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Robbin \Rob"bin\, n. (Naut.)
     See {Ropeband}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ropeband \Rope"band`\, n. (Naut.)
     A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the
     head of the sail to the spar. [Written also {roband}, and
     {robbin}.]
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