The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
kebab \kebab\, kebob \kebob\, n.
See kabab and kabob.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cabob \Ca*bob"\, n. [Hindi kab[=a]b] [Now more commonly spelled
kabob.]
1. A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer;
-- so called in Turkey and Persia. [Also spelled kebab,
kebob, or kabab.]
[1913 Webster]
2. A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and
sweet herbs. --Wright.
[1913 Webster]
shish cabob See shish kebob.
[PJC]