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thribble, thrible|ˈθrɪb(ə)l|
dial. var. of treble n., a. and adv., v. Also spec. in oil drilling (see quots. 1932, 1975).
1829J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. 90 Thribble, treble. 1877Wide Awake IV. 348/2 O, let the corn swell till it's three times as bulky as it was in the beginning; that's that's [sic] we call ‘thribbling’. 1904E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet i. 1 The man at the shop said they were worth thribble the money. 1932Amer. Speech VII. 271 Thrible.., a stand of three joints of pipe. Thrible-board.., a platform in the derrick at the height of a thrible. 1975J. Black Oil ii. ii. 158 Drill pipe came in thirty-foot lengths. These were screwed into sixty- or ninety-foot segments, known to oil field workers as ‘doubles’ or ‘thribbles’. |