scrobe

Noun

scrobe (plural scrobes)

1. (obsolete, rare) A trench.
   • Thence all the Rules for Cattel, their Admiſſures, their Caſtration, &c. at ſeveral times of the Moon; for the Ground, enjoining to dig their ſcrobes; for the Planting of Trees at the Full Moon; ſoiling their Grounds at the Decreaſes, to avoid Worms, &c. making the beds, the Seed plats, while the...1686, John Goad, Aſtro-Meteorologica, or Aphoriſm’s and Diſcourſes of the Bodies Cœleſtial, book I, chapter vi, § 4, page 17
2. (dated) A groove or pit in the outer anatomy of organisms, such as in the head capsule or along the outer side of the mandible of some insects, for the accommodation or protection of organs, e.g. the scapes of antennae.
   • scrobe (skrōb), n. [< L. scrobis, a ditch, dike, trench. Hence ult. scrobicula, etc., and prob. ult. screw¹.] In entom.: (a) A groove in the side of the rostrum in which the scape or basal joint of the antenna is received, in the weevils or curculios. These scrobes may be directed straight forward...1891, The Century Dictionary of the English Language, first edition, part XVIII: Ring–Sea-gull, page 5425/3, s.v. “scrobe, n.”