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ribbum

ribbum [ME ribbe < AS ribb], piece of timber (usu. set horizontally to provide support in construction of roof or door), rib. 1297 in cccxij perticatis ejusdem palicii per eundem venti intemperiem prostratis relevandis, struis et ribis de novo factis per loca cum cariagio meremii ad idem xxxviiij s., precium perticate j d. et dim. Ac. Cornw 192; 1350 in j nov' porta empt’ de ~is et dict’ port’ ponend’ ex opposito grang’, xvj d. (MinAc) MS Essex RO D/DM m. 73; 1365 edificabit unam domum sufficientem ‥ de ij copul de siles quas cum firstis et ribis habebit de meremio domini Hal. Durh. 48.

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