ribible

English

Etymology

ribibe + -le (diminutive)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈbaɪbəl/

Noun

ribible (plural ribibles)

1. (obsolete) A ribibe or rebec.
   • 1853, Canon Daniel Rock, chapter 10, in The Church of Our Fathers, volume 3:

     (469) […] these gleemen […] not only played on harp and sytol, rote, sawtry, and ribible, but sang hymns to heaven in praise of the saint whose remains lay enshrined before them.

References

• “ribible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• rubible

Etymology

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Noun

ribible (plural ribibles)

1. ribible
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Cokes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     Al konne he pleye on gyterne or ribible.

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