Middle English Dictionary Entry
rib(be n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | rib(be n.(3) Also ribe. |
| Etymology | Prob. from rib(be n.(1); ?also cp. MLG ribbe- in ribb(e)isern tool for cleaning flax. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An instrument for cleaning flax; (b) a scraper for cleaning a kneading-trough [see also dough ~, s.v. dough n.2.(a) & cp. trough ~, s.v. trough n.].
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)426 : Rastuer: ribbe.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)523 : Rastel, martel, et rastuere: Rake, hamur, and ribbe.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)35 : Whanne atte swynglyingstoke hyt [flax] haþ hys deute, Þanne ȝe shulle go to rybbe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)432 : Rybbe, ynstrument: Rupa.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)306 : A Ryb for lyne.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)795/19 : Costa: a rybbe.
b
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)384 : Rastuer: ribbe [vrr. douw ribbe; trowh ryb; scrapel].
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)385 : Rastuer: ribbe [vrr. rib, dou rib].
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)32 : Rastuer fait le auge beal: þe Ryb makeþ þe throw clene.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)663/33 : Nomina pertinencia ad pistrinum..casta: rybbe.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)575/46 : Costa: a ryb [Suppl.adds: et est instrumentum pistoris, a rybbere].
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)575/48 : Costa pastalis: a doweryb.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)809/14 : Costa, scalprum: a rybe.