Middle English Dictionary Entry
ribbere n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ribbere n. |
| Etymology | From ribben v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A flax cleaner; (b) = rib(be n.(3) (b).
Associated quotations
a
- (1312) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms204 : Thom. le Rybbere.
- a1475 PPl.A(1) (Hrl 875)5.165 : Ribbere [Trin-C: a redyngkyng & rose þe disshere..Ȝeue glotoun wiþ glad chiere good ale to hansele].
b
- ?a1500 Trin-C.LEDict.Suppl.(Trin-C O.5.4)575/47 : Instrumentum pistoris: a rybbere.