Ribbed
[rɪbd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Rib
(a.) Furnished or formed with ribs; as, a ribbed cylinder; ribbed cloth.
(a.) Intercalated with slate; -- said of a seam of coal.
Typist: Naomi
Examples
- On our left were the granite-ribbed domes of old Spain. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Look at the band of ribbed silk and the excellent lining. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Since Ericsson's day other inventors have made themselves also famous by giving new twists to the tail of this famous fish and new forms to its iron-ribbed body. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A gigantic battle against floods and torrents, pestilence and swamps, tropical rivers, jungles and rock-ribbed mountains had been fought--and won! Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Naomi