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A governess cart was a low-hung, small, two-wheeled, one-horse carriage carrying four passengers on two inward-facing seats with a door at the rear. The governess cart was usually drawn by a pony or quiet cob and while uncomfortable, was a safe mode of transport and derived its name from its use in conveying children.
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The Cob is a type of horse comprising two breeds: the Welsh Cob and the Norman Cob, both resulting from the Irish Draft either purebred or crossed. Cobs are renowned carriers of weight, able to carry a man hunting all day. Cobs are fairly small horses, calm and gentle.
The cob nut is a domesticated variety of the hazel.
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The Normandy Cob is a French breed of heavy horse developed by the Romans. The Normandy Cob stands 15 to 16 hands high and is chestnut or bay in colour. They have minimal feathering on the legs and a characteristic energetic and free-flowing trot.
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The Welsh Cob is a breed of British pony, larger and heavier than the Welsh Mountain Pony, standing 13 hands high. It is thought the Welsh Cob developed from a cross of Welsh Mountain Ponies and ponies brought by the Romans, before later being bred with Spanish ponies and later with other breeds.
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COB is an abbreviation for Close Of Business
Sampford Courtenay is a picturesque thatched village in Devon, England, with cob and some stone, and an impressive 15th-century church, typical of Devon.
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Cob is a mixture of damp clay, chopped straw and small stones used in a British West Country building technique.
Cob is British slang for a bad mood.
Cob of coal is London Cockney rhyming slang for unemployment benefit (dole).
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