Rŏb'bĭn, n.

noun

n. 1. (Com.) A certain kind of package in which pepper and other dry goods are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds. Simmonds.

Sense 2. The spring of a carriage. Simmonds.

Sense 3. [From rope and band.] (Naut.) A rope-band. See ROPE-BAND.