ribbedadj.
/rɪbd/, U.S. /rɪbd/ 1.
a. With preceding modifying word or numeral: having ribs of a specified kind, material, number, etc., or arranged in a certain way.The manuscript text of quot. a1425 is corrupt, but apparently reads out-ribbed.flat-, iron-, lean-, raw-, rock-, stone-ribbed, etc.: see the first element.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > rib > [adjective]
ribbed?1523
costal1615
subcostal1755
postcostal1826
costiferous1845
infracostal1858
xiphocostal1899
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > ridged > having ridges of a specific kind
ribbed?1523
the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > ridge channel > [adjective] > like something spec.
ribbed1753
a1425 in W. H. Hulme Middle-Eng. Harrowing of Hell (1907) p. xxv After the ox, [perh. read out-]ribbed, low-brawned, schort-pasterd, and well Ifed.]
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxi The nyne properties of an oxe. The first is to be brode rybbed.
1556 T. Hill tr. B. Cocles Brief Epitomye Phisiognomie xxxiii. sig. Eiii v They which be weake & smal ribbed, after nature be likened to the feminine kynde.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 123 In thrilling Region of thicke-ribbed Ice. View more context for this quotation
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Plantago The three-ribbed mountain-plantain.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Tower of Famine 11 in Poet. Wks. (1853) Each marble-ribbed roof.
1828 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora (ed. 2) II. 118 Calyx-leaves..obscurely five-ribbed.
1845 R. S. Surtees Hillingdon Hall I. x. 133 The massive, deeply-ribbed, many-arched bridge.
1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. §85 Straight-ribbed leaves occur not unfrequently in Dicotyledons.
1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 39 These are either very close-ribbed, or else simply perforated [etc.].
1900 New Eng. Mag. June (Book notes) 2/2 The volume is enclosed in a linen box, while a daisy chain in colors encircles the lovely green-ribbed cover.
1949 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants (rev. ed.) 730 Fr[uit] oblate,..conspicuously 8-ribbed.
1999 Esquire Sept. 132 The fine-ribbed fabric is cut and sewn into a jacket.
2008 Evening Standard (Nexis) 28 May a13 Umbrellas only caught on..after the inventor Samuel Fox had devised a cheap steel-ribbed version that was lighter and easier to use.
b. With prefixed or postmodifying adverb. Of a horse or dog: having the posterior ribs coming relatively close to the pelvic bones (i.e. short-coupled), regarded as a desirable feature. Now esp. in well ribbed-up. Cf. home-ribbed adj., well-ribbed adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having little space between last rib and hips
well-ribbed1556
ribbed1607
home-ribbed1688
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 74 Wel ribbed, a great belly, the backe and shoulders verie broad.
1688 London Gaz. No. 2312/4 A grey Nag..his Ears cropt close, home rib'd.
1758 J. Reeves Art Farriery 12 It may be owing to a narrow chest, or when he is ribbed home too close.
1801 R. Lawrence Inq. Struct. & Animal Œcon. Horse i. 17 A horse which is short in the carcase, is usually ribbed home, as it is termed, that is to say, there exists but a small space between the last rib and the hip bone. This conformation is justly esteemed excellent.
1850 F. E. Smedley Frank Fairlegh xxi. 173 Rather inclined to be cow-hocked... Not ribbed home.
1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 438/3 They..were powerfully built, with short, strong backs, immense muscular quarters, round, well-ribbed bodies, on short, strong legs.
1883 G. Stables Our Friend the Dog vii. 59 Cobby—Nicely ribbed up, compact in form like a cob-horse.
1902 Jrnl. Dept. Agric. W. Austral. 5 135 The term ‘slack-in-the-loin’ is the opposite of ‘well-ribbed-up’.
1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman xv. 223 A good three-year-old, Martin, not too short in the back, and well ribbed-up!
2002 J. Cunliffe Encycl. Dog Breeds (new ed.) 41/2 A dog which is described as being well ribbed-up has a rib cage that extends well back along the length of the whole body.
c. Without modifier. Having (prominent or visible) ribs. rare.
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1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xiv. 295 The crooked Sterne to heads and faces growes,..What were their holds, to ribbed sides are growne.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. x. 41 Nor mov'd the neck, nor bent his ribbed side.
1897 F. Thompson New Poems 113 Who lit the furnace of the mammoth's heart? Who shagged him like Pilatus' ribbèd flanks?
1998 K. Nelson Toward the Sun 23 His ribbed back showed no cut or bruise.
2. Marked with or having ribs or ridges.
a. Of an object, surface, etc.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > ridged
ridged1324
rigged1545
crested1578
ribbed1583
ridgy1591
balked1597
ribby1706
rippleda1729
ridging1819
welted1899
1583 Edinb. Hammermen III. 33b in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Schellit Ane pair clam schellit gairdis and ane paire ribbit gairdis.
1585 in C. E. Whitelaw Sc. Arms Makers (1977) 164 Ane pair of ribbit sword gairdis.
1677 in S. Young Hist. Worshipful Company Glass Sellers of London (1913) App. 68 All covers for drinking..glasses ribbed and plain shall be delivered at 3s. per lb.
1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere iv, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 21 Thou art long and lank and brown As is the ribb'd Sea-sand.
1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter 56 The Elzevir classics..their dwarfish ribbed backs like those of ponderous folios, and their exquisite, but..too minute type.
1887 F. J. Furnivall R. Mannyng's Chron. Wace (Rolls) Introd. p. xix Two manuscripts,..of the old ribbed paper of about the middle of the fourteenth century.
1929 H. H. Richardson Fortunes Richard Mahony III. iii. iv. 203 The ribbed neck and stooping shoulders..the poor thin shanks.
1991 Photo Answers Apr. 75 A small ribbed grip which allows you to get a..hold on the converter.
2003 Cakes & Sugarcraft Winter 87/1 Cover with the bright pink sugarpaste..and texture with a ribbed rolling pin.
b. Of leaves, other plant parts, mollusc shells, etc.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > ridge channel > [adjective]
rivelledOE
wrinkled1563
channelled1597
ribbed1597
trisulcated1703
ribby1706
rugose1707
ruminate1800
ruminated1828
striolate?1841
multicostate1849
crested1856
fork-ribbed1858
tricostate1861
bicarinate1872
carinal1872
vallecular1875
carinate1876
bicarinated1880
trisulcate1891
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of parts of molluscs > of shell or parts of shell
testaceous1668
trivalvous1681
articulate1685
tabulous1734
concamerated1747
costated1751
ribbed1752
multivalve1753
umbilical1755
multivalved1759
trichite1765
right-handed1776
ventricose1777
unequivalved1788
sinistral1803
white-lipped1813
white-mouthed1815
turriculated1822
umbonial1824
turreted1826
siphunculated1828
columellar1829
sinistrorsal1830
canaliferous1834
spirivalve1835
turrited1835
versant1839
mitriform1843
paucispiral1843
turriculate1843
siphuncled1847
ventricous1850
camerated1851
convolute1851
perforated1851
parietal1854
septiferous1854
planorbiform1856
planorboid1856
trivalved1856
turrite1856
siphunculate1875
turriform1875
umbonic1877
costate1881
interlocular1888
varicated1891
lirate1894
evolute1896
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 352 Crossewoort Gentian hath many ribbed leaues spred vpon the ground.
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 74 in Sylva Apples..Pear-apple, Quince-apple, Red-greening ribb'd, Bloody-Pepin.
1748 W. Shenstone School-mistress xii, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (ed. 2) I. 252 Radish..And plantain ribb'd, that heals the reaper's wound.
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 145 The ribbed Music-shell.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 248 The permanent involucrum..is egg-shaped, compressed, ribbed.
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 46 Races of neritina,..with whirls ribbed or keeled.
1855 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 2) v. 78 The interior of the capsules has a slightly ribbed or striated appearance.
1904 H. H. Hume Citrus Fruits & their Culture xvi. 83 Calyx of a good size, segments pointed; rind creased or almost ribbed.
1949 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants (rev. ed.) 701 Joints ribbed, angled or tubercled.
1963 J. Kirkup Tropic Temper 49 A curious, ribbed, tasteless vegetable called okras.
2003 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 90 407/2 Hesperantha ciliolata is distinguished mainly by its straight, ribbed leaves.
c. Of a knitted or woven fabric, or an article made from this.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > ribbed or corded
ribbed1742
corded1758
rep1860
repped1861
grosgrained1927
1742 Gentleman & Citizen's Almanack 72/2 To Michael Bane, Twenty-five Pounds, for his Invention of making ribbed Stockings.
1782 in Hist. Coll. Essex Inst. (1859) I. 13/1 A patton [= pattern] of White Ribed Stuff for a Wescoat & Briches.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xlvi. 50 A waistcoat of ribbed black satin.
1863 C. E. Wilbour tr. V. Hugo Les Misérables 142 A sort of young working man..dressed in a torn blouse and patched pantaloons of ribbed velvet.
1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 26/3 This [dress] pattern is also suitable for ribbed silks, crepe de chine and satin.
1985 Times 17 Dec. 9/1 The gap between shoe and skirt is filled in with ribbed tights..or fancy hosiery.
2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 Aug. t112 Women in bright narrow coats, ribbed sweaters and..wide-brimmed hats.
3. In similative use: having ribs like those of something specified.
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1597 J. Gerard Herball xxxv. 1169 One leafe, ribbed like the Plantaine leafe.
a1703 R. Hooke Disc. Earthquakes in Posthumous Wks. (1705) 256 They [sc. two small stones] were of the very same Substance, but of a differing Figure,..being ribb'd like the 24th [sample].
1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxiv. 206 The leaf of the cacao-tree is..ribbed like the laurel-time.
1847 J. Gaugain Lady's Assistant (ed. 4) 63 The top, from ancle, is all white, ribbed like a stocking, finished with a little open work of blue.
1861 H. Mayhew London Labour & London Poor III. 28/2 ‘I've been at it longer than him,’ cried one with teeth ribbed like celery.
1903 Folk-lore 14 220 The hair at the sides of the face is made to look like snakes writhing, while from the temples project wings ribbed like a dragon's.
1993 Equinox June 37/1 Everywhere are white canvas tents, some ribbed like the Michelin man's belly, some round, [etc.].
4. Chiefly Architecture and Building. Supported by ribs; having (structural or decorative) ribs.
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1621 R. Brathwait Natures Embassie 97 Armed Grecians in that ribbed vault, Prest for encounter.
1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. vii. 166 A sarcophagus with ribbed work and mouldings.
1774 W. Gostling Walk Canterbury xxiii. 149 The roof is of ribbed arches.
1783 B. H. Hossack Kirkwall (1900) 163 A Ribbed Door or Gate upon the passage next the Street.
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel ii. ix. 41 The keystone, that locked each ribbed aisle, Was a fleur-de-lys, or a quatre-feuille.
1815 T. Rickman in J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 163 The ribbed roofs, which are rich without being gorgeous.
1937 R. Byron Road to Oxiana iii. 100 Few architectural devices can equal a ribbed dome for blind, monumental ostentation.
1956 tr. Pract. Guide Design Grey Iron Castings (Council of Ironfoundry Assoc.) (1966) iv. 42/1 The box-beam form is replaced by a ribbed section, and the mould can be made without a core.
2001 C. Freeland But is it Art? ii. 37 Gothic architecture has a particular look: the pointed or ogival arch, ribbed vaults, rose windows, [etc.].
Compounds
ribbed grass n. now rare = ribgrass n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Plantaginaceae > [noun] > narrow-leaved plantain
ribwortc1300
lancella1400
ribgrass?a1500
long plantain1526
ribbed grass1770
cock's head1787
jackstraws1795
fighting cocks1807
ripple grass1819
1770 A. Young Six Months Tour N. Eng. I. 112 This ingenious cultivator laid down a great many acres with Dutch clover, and what is here called ribbed grass, which I take to be the narrow leaft plantain.
1848 Brit. Farmer's Mag. 12 161/2 The previous crop was white clover, trefoil, and ribbed grass, pastured with sheep.
1907 J. A. Wheldon & A. Wilson Flora W. Lancs. 266 Plantago lanceolata, L.—Ribwort. ‘Ribbed Grass.’ ‘Lambs-tongue’. British type. Native.
ribbed melilot n. a yellow-flowered melilot, Melilotus officinalis; also called ribbed melilot, yellow melilot.
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1965 W. K. Martin & D. H. Kent Conc. Brit. Flora in Colour Pl. 22 (caption) Ribbed melilot.
1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 225/1 White melilot,..and its yellow-flowered relatives, tall melilot, M. altissima, and ribbed melilot, M. officinalis, were originally introduced to this country from Europe as fodder plants.
2002 Times (Nexis) 18 June New grassland flowers include common or ribbed melilot, which looks like a set of small yellow ladders climbing up from the main stalk.
ribbed mussel n. any of several mussels of the family Mytilidae characterized by ribbed shells; spec. Geukensia demissa (formerly Modiolus demissus), found in salt marshes of eastern North America.
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1844 J. W. Loudon Glimpses of Nature ix. 200 (caption) Ribbed mussel (Myrtilus [sic] Crenulatus).
1883 Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 27. 236 Modiola plicatula,..known as the Ribbed-mussel, is found from Georgia to Caco Bay, Maine.
1918 Jrnl. Morphol. 31 98 The ribbed mussel, Modiolus, occurs most commonly in bunches along the banks of tidal creeks and estuaries.
2004 H. Thurston Place between Tides vii. 129 Of all the molluscs, the ribbed mussel is the best adapted to..the salt marsh.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > genus Mandrillus > Mandrillus sphinx (mandrill)
ribbed-nose baboon1771
mandrill1774
rib-nosed baboon1792
1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 103 Ribbed-Nose B[aboon].
1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 98/2 Not twenty yards in my rear was that detestable ribbed-nose baboon who had driven me from happiness.
1894 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 516 The ribbed-nose or mandrill baboon.
Derivatives
ribbedly adv. rare.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adverb] > in a ridged manner
a-ripple1855
a-ridge1862
ribbedly1885
1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. iv. 123 The paper pure white, and ribbedly gritty.
2007 V. Bojňanský & A. Fargašová Atlas Seeds Central & East-European Flora p. xxix Ribbed, ribbedly ascending elevations on the smooth surface.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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