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Ribbed a.
1. Furnished or formed with ribs; as, a ribbed cylinder; ribbed cloth.
2. Mining Intercalated with slate; -- said of a seam of coal.
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Rib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ribbed p. pr. & vb. n. Ribbing.]
1. To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth.
2. To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
It [lead] were too gross
To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave. --Shak.
To rib land, to leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in plowing.
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rib
n 1: support resembling the rib of an animal
2: any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from
the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar
bones in most vertebrates) [syn: costa]
3: cut of meat including one or more ribs
4: a teasing remark
5: a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or
plant
6: a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling;
may be ornamental or structural
v 1: form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater"
2: subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed
the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun
at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students
roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule,
roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, make
fun, poke fun]
[also: ribbing, ribbed]
ribbed
adj 1: furnished or strengthened with ribs [ant: ribless]
2: (of the surface of shells) having a rough, rib-like texture
[syn: costate]