单词 | ribber |
释义 | † ribbern.1 Obsolete. 1. A person who cleans flax. ΚΠ 1312 in B. Thuresson Middle Eng. Occup. Terms (1950) 204 (MED) Thom. le Rybbere. a1475 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Harl. 875) (1960) A. v. l. 165 (MED) Ribbere [c1400 Trin. Cambr. a redyngkyng & rose þe disshere..Ȝeue glotoun wiþ glad chiere good ale to hansele]. 2. Apparently: = rib n.3 N. E. D. (1909) notes that quot. ?a1500 ‘may be the source of Halliwell's Rib, a scraper or rasp for bread.’ Cf. quot. 1847 at rib n.3 ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > other equipment riba1325 ribber?a1500 suction pipe1793 ?a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 575/47 Instrumentum pistoris, a rybbere. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). ribbern.2 1. slang (originally Boxing). A blow on or about the ribs. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > actions or positions first bloodc1540 guard1601 feint1684 in holds1713 shifting1793 rally1805 muzzler1811 one-two1811 stop1812 southpaw1813 fibbing1814 leveller1814 mouther1814 ribber1814 stomacher1814 teller1814 in-fighting1816 muzzling1819 weaving1821 out-fighting1831 arm guard1832 countering1858 counter1861 clinching1863 prop1869 clinch1875 right and left1887 hook-hit1890 hook1898 cross1906 lead1906 jolt1908 swing1910 body shot1918 head shot1927 bolo punch1950 snap-back1950 counterpunch1957 counterpunching1957 Ali shuffle1966 rope-a-dope1975 1814 Sporting Mag. 43 69 B. gave a tolerable ribber. 1824 P. Egan Boxiana II. 169 Turner gave him a left-handed facer, and also a severe ribber with his right. 1846 Bell's Life in London 9 Aug. 7/1 He met Parker..and, bringing up his right, gave him a ribber that laid him on the earth. 1910 L. Gawronsky Jrnl. in G. E. Polster Inside Looking Out (1990) vi. 158 I waited outside the door [of the asylum superintendent's office] for either a ‘clout’ or a ‘ribber’. 2. Knitting. A knitting machine, or an attachment to a knitting machine, for producing rib stitch. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > knitting machine stocking-frame1710 stocking loom1715 stocking machine1843 ribber1877 knitter1890 raschel1926 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > knitting machine > parts of sinkerc1689 jack sinkera1749 Jack1750 slur1796 needle1829 slay-bar1843 verge1854 ribber1877 thread-carrier1877 1877 Sci. Amer. 22 Dec. 383/3 Fig. 1 shows the conical cylinder or ribber at work. 1884 Rep. 15th Exhib. Mass. Charitable Mechanic Assoc. 143 The ‘Branson Automatic Ribber’, being a machine very ingeniously constructed for making any length of rib between the welts. 1934 G. W. Taylor & G. A. Dash Knitting Equipm. Seamless Hosiery Industry vii. 74 The Hosiery Code limited the use of knitting equipment, including ribbers, to two shifts totaling 80 hours per week. 1955 Mod. Textiles June 69/2 Fidelity Machine Co. showed their latest automatic ribber for half hose. 1976 Evening Post (Nottingham) 13 Dec. 14/8 (advt.) All models, ribbers and accessories available. 1999 Machine Knitting Monthly Dec. 60/4 (advt.) Knitmaster 321 knitting machine with ribber,..old but works. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11312n.21814 |
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