Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dobby"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dobby \Dob"by\, n. (Weaving)
An apparatus resembling a Jacquard for weaving small figures
(usually about 12 - 16 threads, seldom more than 36 - 40
threads).
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