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cribbed, ppl. a.|krɪbd, ˈkrɪbɪd| [f. crib v. + -ed1.] Confined in a crib, etc. (see crib v.); fig. confined within narrow space or limits.
1863W. Phillips Speeches xii. 266 This limited, cribbed, cabined, isolated American civilization. 1871Morley Voltaire (1886) 44 The narrowness of the cribbed deck that we are doomed to tread. |