riˈbible Obs. exc. Hist.
Forms: 4 rouwe-, row-, 5 ru-, ribible.
[ad. OF. rubebe (see prec.); the ending may have been influenced by the musical terms trible, quadrible, quinible.]
= ribibe n. 1.
| 13.. Pol. Songs (Camden) 327 He..rat on the rouwe-bible and on other book no mo. c 1386 Chaucer Miller's T. 145 In twenty manere koude he trippe and daunce..And pleyen songes on a small Rubible. c 1386 ― Cook's T. 32 (Ellesm. MS.), Al konne he pleye on gyterne or Ribible. a 1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 159 The said Sir piere..axed hym, where was his fedylle or hys Ribible or suche an instrument as longithe vnto a mynstralle. ? c 1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 1071 There was myrth and melody With harpe, getron and sautry, With rote, ribible and clokarde. |
| a 1770 Chatterton Poems (1777) 3 The swote ribible dynning yn the dell. 1844 James Agincourt II. 52 ‘Yes and the ribible too,’ answered Ella Brune. 1853 Rock Ch. of Fathers III. x. 469 Gleemen played on harp and ribible. 1928 Blunden Retreat 19 And Chatterton's ribibles dinned in the dell. |