Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Furnished with ribs; strengthened or supported by ribs, in any sense of the word.
- Formed into ribs or ridges; having alternate lines of projection and depression; ridged: as, ribbed cloth; ribbed hose.
- In anatomy and zoology, having a rib or ribs, in any sense; costal; costate; costiferous.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having ribs.
- adj. mining intercalated with slate; said of a seam of coal
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of rib.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Furnished or formed with ribs.
- adj. (Mining) Intercalated with slate; -- said of a seam of coal.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. furnished or strengthened with ribs
- adj. (of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture
Examples
“Corduroy Looks Photos: Corduroy Gets Chic Ms. Pieloch is referring to the ribbed textile's biggest fans, and in particular, the roughly 5,000 members of the Corduroy Appreciation Club, which boasts chapters nationwide and as far away as South Africa and London.”
The Wall Street Journal: Reading Between the Lines, This Is a Big Date for Corduroy Fans
“Its clothes for Penney will have texture such as ribbed fabrics or patterns.”
“We had often 'ribbed' each other as Bell expressed it.”
“Mr. Howes extends the "ribbed" variety to all values but, as we have pointed out in earlier chapters, it is extremely unlikely that any such variety as a real ribbed paper was used, the ribbed lines being simply due to some idiosyncrasy of manufacture.”
“Most of the stamps seem to have been printed on a hard wove paper, varying a little in thickness; the 10d is found on a very thin paper; and the 1/2d is recorded on ribbed paper, though whether this is a true "ribbed" variety or merely the result of some peculiarity in printing is open to discussion.”
“He accordingly obtained a stocking-frame, and after mastering its construction and mode of action, he proceeded to introduce new combinations, by means of which he succeeded in effecting a variation in the plain looped-work of the frame, and was thereby enabled to turn out "ribbed" hosiery.”
“A "ribbed" finish on the vertical surfaces makes it impervious to finger prints.”
“ribbed" varieties for all values on both thin and thick soft paper but, as in the case of the earlier Canadian stamps found on ribbed paper, we think a lot of proof is yet necessary before these varieties can be accepted as anything better than accidental vagaries of printing.”
“We've kind of ribbed one another about it, though. ”
“Friend – I am a lifelong, rock-ribbed progressive Democrat.”
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Interesting words
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Weftage
The many textures of touch.
smooth, warty, velvety, sleek, grainy, shaggy, abrasive, scratchy, bumpy, corded, ribbed, roughish and 95 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
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veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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Weaving words
tapestry, treadle, warp, yarn, weft, woof, filling, thread, selvage, inkle, weftfaced, warpfaced and 30 more...
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