ribibe
/ɹɪˈbaɪb/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A kind of stringed instrument; a rebec or an instrument similar to it.
Example Sentences
- "Well, my friend, and where is your ribibe, or such like instrument, belonging to a minstrel?"
- ""The tones of lutes and ribibes [translating German Ribeben] I have right masterly and fine As ordered by imperial might."
- "The tone of the rubebe was similar to that of the lower register of the modern viola. As it possessed but two strings, however, its range was necessarily limited."
- "The Rybybe is well portrayed among the Norman carvings of the twelfth century which adorn the south doorway of Barfreston Church in Kent (Plate XV)."
- "Over the high-altar at Gloucester the bosses, which are foliated in the rest of the choir, represent angel-musicians, whose varied orchestra would have out-rivalled that of Nebuchadnezzar the King; harp, hutchet and psaltery; lute, clarion, shawm; bag-pipe, ribibe, gittern; bozine, symphony, cymbals; organ, tabor and timbrel, the very names ring in one's ears like the stately cadences of celestial music."
- "The rebec or ribibe, a favourite instrument with Chaucer, may be counted as one of the precursors of our violin."