▪ I. gobbin Coal-mining.
(ˈgɒbɪn)
[dialectal pronunc. of gobbing vbl. n. But cf. gubbins.]
(See quot. a 1843 and cf. gob n.4)
| 1839 Ure Dict. Arts 980 In such powerful beds the Shropshire method is impracticable from want of gobbin. a 1843 Southey Comm.-pl. Bk. IV. 407 The refuse of Collieries called Gobbins in some districts. 1867 W. W. Smyth Coal & Coal-mining 143 Others will bend gently down to the refuse or gobbin. |
▪ II. gobbin
var. gobbon n., Obs.