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cobweb

n.
US //ˈkɑbˌwɛb// UK //kˈɒbwɛb// cob·web Archaic Informal
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From Middle English copweb, coppeweb. Compare Middle Dutch kopwebbe, German Low German Kobbenwebbe (Westphalian). By surface analysis, cob (“spider”, obsolete) + web.

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