α. Middle English rabybill, Middle English rouwebible, Middle English rowbyble, Middle English rubible, Middle English rybible, Middle English–1500s 1700s– ribible, 1600s ribibble.
β. Middle English rable, Middle English ribil.
| 单词 | ribible | 
| 释义 | ribiblen.α. Middle English rabybill, Middle English rouwebible, Middle English rowbyble, Middle English rubible, Middle English rybible, Middle English–1500s 1700s– ribible, 1600s ribibble. β. Middle English rable, Middle English ribil.  Now archaic and historical.  1.  A type of early three-stringed instrument resembling the violin; = ribibe n. 2, rebec n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > 			[noun]		 > fiddle > early fiddles crowda1310 ribiblec1330 rotec1330 ribibec1415 rebec1755 crwth1837 rotta1864 c1330    in  T. Wright Polit. Songs Eng. 		(1839)	 327  				This newe parsoun..rat on the rouwe bible [v.r. rowbyble] and on other bok no mo, But unthank have the bishop that lat hit so go. c1405						 (c1390)						    G. Chaucer Cook's Tale 		(Hengwrt)	 		(2003)	 l. 33  				Thefte and riot they been conuertible Al konne he pleye on Giterne or Rubible [v.rr. rubible, rable, ribil; sautrie]. ?c1450    tr.  Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry 		(1906)	 159 (MED)  				Sir Piere..axed hym where was his fedyll or his Ribible or suche an Instrument as longithe vnto a mynstrall. ?1560    Squyr Lowe Degre sig. Eiiiv  				There was myrth and melody With harpe getron and sautry with rote ribible and clokarde. 1658    E. Phillips New World Eng. Words  				Ribibble, (old word) a Fiddle, or Cittern. a1770    T. Chatterton Compl. Wks. 		(1971)	 I. 306  				The swote Ribible dynning yn the dell. 1844    G. P. R. James Agincourt II. 52  				‘So the viol is valuable, you think?’ ‘Yes, and the ribible too... for they were cut by a great maker in Italy.’ 1853    D. Rock Church our Fathers III. x. 469  				Gleemen played on harp and ribible. 1928    E. Blunden Retreat 19  				And Chatterton's ribibles dinned in the dell. 1998    J. L. Singman  & J. L. Forgeng Robin Hood 148  				The rat played the ribible, the fox fiddled, and the cat blew the clarion. ΚΠ c1435						 (c1395)						    G. Chaucer Friar's Tale 		(Royal 18 C.ii)	 		(1940)	 l. 1377  				Ribible [c1405 Hengwrt This Somnour euere waityng..For to somne an old wydewe, a Ribibe]. ?a1450    in  Neuphilol. Mitteilungen 		(1972)	 73 204 (MED)  				Rabybill: Crone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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