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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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†CABBIE,n.1.
1. “A sort of box, made of laths, which claps close to a horse's side, narrow at the top, so as to prevent the grain in it from being spilled. One is used on each side of the horse in place of a pannier” (Sc. 1808 Jam.). [′kɑbi]Sth. 1795 Stat. Acc.1 XVI. 187:
The other implements of husbandry are harrows, the crooked and straight delving spades . . . cabbies, crook-saddles, and creels.
2. “A small barrow or box, with two wheels, used by feeble persons for drawing any thing after them” (Sth. 1808 Jam.). [′kɛbi]
[Origin obscure, but phs. from Norw. kabbe, block of wood, log (Falk and Torp).]
