See also: glebę and glèbe

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Etymology edit

From Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba (lump of earth, clod). Doublet of gleba.

Pronunciation edit

  • enPR: glēb, IPA(key): /ɡliːb/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːb

Noun edit

glebe (plural glebes)

  1. Turf; soil; ground; sod.
  2. (historical) In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
  3. (poetic) A field or meadow.
    • 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 151:
      Admiring glebes their amber ears unfold, / And Labour sleep amid the waving gold.
  4. (mining) A piece of earth containing ore.

Usage notes edit

  • A number of places are named Glebe.

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlɛ.be/
  • Rhymes: -ɛbe
  • Hyphenation: glè‧be

Noun edit

glebe f

  1. plural of gleba