Crossword clues for dobby
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dobby \Dob"by\, n. (Weaving) An apparatus resembling a Jacquard for weaving small figures (usually about 12 - 16 threads, seldom more than 36 - 40 threads).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small, geometric patterns 2 The patterns so woven, or the fabric containing the patterns
Wikipedia
Dobby may refer to:
- Dobby (Harry Potter), a character in Harry Potter
- Tag (game), a children's chase game
- Dobby loom
- Dobby (cloth)
- Dobbie or Dobby, a type of fairground roundabout that has no floor, with its ride-on figures being suspended from its roof.
- Dobby, a character in the Peep Show TV series
Dobby is a woven fabric produced on the dobby loom, characterised by small geometric patterns and extra texture in the cloth. The warp and weft threads may be the same colour or different. Satin threads are particularly effective in this kind of weave as their texture will highlight the pattern.
Polo shirts are usually made with dobby. piqué fabrics are a type of dobby construction.
Usage examples of "dobby".
Dobby had been killed by Ludo Bagman, the house elves of Hogwarts held their version of a funeral for him, as was the custom.
When they had watched her fly out of sight through the Owlery window, they proceeded down to the kitchen to give Dobby his new socks.
She was rocking backward and forward slightly in her chair, exactly like Dobby did when he was teetering on the edge of revealing forbidden information.
Billy followed close behind me and Dobby brought up the rear, white whiskers bristling like an excited billy goat.
I asked Dobby if they had given names to the kakapos on the island, and he instantly came up with four of them: Matthew, Luke, John and Snark.
It wasn’t Dobby – it was, however, unmistakeably a house-elf, as Harry’s friend Dobby had been.