Word: cobbings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: co
bbings
Definition: Plural of cobbing; an unofficial form of punishment among the crew involving blows to the buttocks from a piece of wood
Morphemes:
Affix: cob
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).