ribbe.
a rib bone, especially from a slaughtered animal
Meaning & usage
a rib bone, especially from a slaughtered animal
the rib or breast section of an animal carcass, especially a pig, together with the surrounding meat
a roast prepared from this cut, especially a traditional Norwegian pork rib roast
a projecting rib or ridge on a plant part, especially one following a leaf vein on the underside of a leaf
a raised ridge beneath the cap of certain mushrooms, resembling a gill
a ciliary plate running lengthwise along the body of a comb jelly
a projecting structural rib forming or reinforcing the groin of a vault
a raised band running across the spine of a bound book, originally formed over a sewing support
one of the stretched wires in a mould used to make laid paper
one of the stretched wires in a mould used to make laid paper the line or impression left in the paper by such a wire
a raised vertical rib in knitted fabric, formed by alternating knit and purl stitches
a transverse plank supporting deck planking, laid between two carlings
a frame or structural rib of a vessel
a projecting metal fin on a heating pipe or radiator, increasing its heat-emitting surface
a horizontal rung in a set of wall bars
a set of wall bars
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle Low German ribbe (“rib bone; raised stripe”), also rebbe (“rib bone; raised stripe”), from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib”); some technical senses were later influenced by English rib. Doublet of ribb (“rib, flange; ribbed fabric”) and rev (“reef”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk ribbe, Danish ribbe, Swedish ribba, German Rippe and English rib.
to pluck the feathers from poultry or another bird
to clean a fish
to strip or pull berries from their stalks with the fingers or a tool
to strip, tear or remove something suddenly or thoroughly
to deprive someone or something of everything; to strip, plunder or fleece
to tear or rob something away
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle Low German ribben (“to pluck; break hemp”), probably from Proto-Germanic *rippōną (“to tear off”) or *ribōną (“to tear off”), intensive formations beside *rīfaną (“to tear”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk ribbe, Danish ribbe, Swedish ribba, Dutch rippen and Faroese ripa (“to pluck, strip”).
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