Cob homes are one of the most durable types of earth architecture. Because the mud mixture is porous, cob can withstand long periods of rain without weakening.
Cob - Unburned clay mixed with straw.
Column - Pillar (circular section).
Concentric - Having two sets of walls, one inside the other.
Cob - Unburnt clay mixed with straw.
Collar Beam - Horizontal members spanning roof rafters to supplement roof strength and/or form ceiling joist in half-story construction.
cob - Unburnt clay mixed with straw (torchis).
colonnade : A row of columns, usually equidistant. colonnade: A row of columns which support horizontal members, called an architrave, rather than arches ...
Cob
- a mixture of straw, gravel, unburned clay and water which is mixed to a just workable consistency, and used for walling. Cob walls are raised layer by layer without formwork.
COB - Rural wall construction using rendered earth, clay, straw etc.
CODES OF PRACTICE - Various non-statutory recommendations for use of materials.
Cob: Unburned clay mixed with straw. Codex: pl. codices; A manuscript that is sewn together in the form of a book, with a spine and often a cover. The codex form replaced the scroll as the most common form of manuscript in the Early Christian period.
Cob - walling of damp earth sometimes mixed with cement, rammed without reinforcement into a formwork. This old method of walling is known in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire as Wychert.
Cob - unburned clay mixed with straw.
Colonnade - range of evenly spaced columns.
Column - pillar (circular section).
Concentric - having two sets of walls, one inside the other.
Also called cob.PiscinaIn a church or chapel, a basin for washing Mass vessels, provided with a drain, usually set in or against the wall to the south of an altar.
Woodway House A thatched cob cottage orné in Devon, England.
[edit] External links
Thatch.org
The Natural Building Network - find natural builders, teachers and resources.
Thatching.com
Building Conservation.com
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2. to separate or be separated from an ear, husk, cob, etc.
3. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr) to bombard with artillery shells See also shell out ...
Cob Walling material of straw and unbaked clay
Colours In heraldry the main colours (tinctures) are azure (blue), gules (red), sable (black),vert (green) and purpure (purple) (More...) ...
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