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Webster 1913 Edition
Ribibe
1.
A sort of stringed instrument; a rebec.
[Obs.]
Nares.
2.
An old woman; – in contempt.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
3.
A bawd; a prostitute.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
Definition 2024
ribibe
ribibe
English
Noun
ribibe (plural ribibes)
- (obsolete) A kind of stringed instrument, the rebec.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)
- (obsolete, derogatory) An old woman.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A bawd; a prostitute.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)