Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A musical instrument; a rebec.
  • noun A shrill-voiced old woman.
  • To play on a ribibe.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A sort of stringed instrument; a rebec.
  • noun obsolete An old woman; -- in contempt.
  • noun obsolete A bawd; a prostitute.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A kind of stringed instrument, the rebec.
  • noun obsolete, derogatory An old woman.
  • noun obsolete A bawd; a prostitute.

Etymologies

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See rebec.

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