ripa.
lath; one of many little boards placed over the rafters for sustaining the roof tiles
Meaning & usage
lath; one of many little boards placed over the rafters for sustaining the roof tiles
1455, Ferro Couselo, X. (ed.) A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 303: destroiron moytas casas et birtaron moytas tellas, cangos et ripias they destroyed many houses and broke many roof tiles, rafters and ripas
lateral wall of a cart
Where this word comes from
Attested since the 13th century. Probably from Suevic *rippia, or else from a late Visigothic cognate of it, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“arch, ceiling, cover”).
flax ripple
act or task of rippling
Where this word comes from
Deverbal from ripar (“to rip, ripple flax”).
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