ribible

English

Etymology

ribibe + -le (diminutive)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈbaɪbəl/

Noun

ribible (plural ribibles)

(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)

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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