▪ I. ribble, v.
(ˈrɪb(ə)l)
[? f. rib n.1 + -le.]
(See quot. 1847.) Hence ˈribbling vbl. n.
| 1765 Museum Rust. III. lxxiv. 318 First ploughing, a clean earth... Second ditto, ribbling it close overwart. 1847 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. VIII. ii. 288 Another system of fallowing is adopted by many, namely, that of ‘ribbling’; this is done by turning a furrow to the unploughed land, and, in returning, to turn over this furrow and the earth upon which the first furrow was laid. Ibid. 296 Others again scarify or ribble after the fold, and drill the barley on one earth. |
▪ II. ribble
error for ribible.