noun
- plural of dobe; a mud brick or adobe brick used in construction, especially in southwestern United States and Latin America
Usage: informal; regional
Examples
- The old pueblo was built from dobes stacked and mortared together.
- Workers shaped the clay mixture into dobes and left them to dry in the sun.
- The walls of the hacienda were constructed entirely from dobes.
- Dobes have been used in desert construction for centuries.