subs. (Winchester College).—‘An oak box with a double lid, set at the angles of the squares of wooden benches in school: used as desk and bookcase. [Probably the word has been transferred from the bench itself, and comes from Fr. escabeau, Lat. scabellum.]’—WRENCH.
1620. Account [to J. Hutton at his entrance into the College]. For a SCOBB to hold his books, 3s. 6d.
1890. GRANT ALLEN, The Tents of Shem, xlii. Parker’s SCOB was 270.
