bald-rib
(ˈbɔːldrɪb)
[f. bald a.]
A joint of pork cut from nearer the rump than the spare-rib, so called ‘because the bones thereof are made bald and bare of flesh’ (Minsheu). Humorously used of: A lean bony person.
| 1598 Florio, Pancetta..a bald-rib of porke. 1621 Middleton Mayor of Q. iii. iii, Thou art such a spiny baldrib. 1674 in D'Urfey Pills (1872) III. 320 His trenchant Blade..ran thro' the monster's Bald-rib. 1828 Southey To A. Cunningham Wks. III. 316 Baldrib, griskin, chine, or chop. |