McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Cob-wall

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Cob-wall


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is a wall built of unburnt clay, mixed with straw. This material is still used in some parts of the country for cottages and outbuildings, and was formerly employed for houses of a better description: it is supposed also to be the material of which the domestic edifices of the ancients, including even the Greeks and Romans in their most civilized period, were chiefly built.