Ridgebone
//ˈɹɪd͡ʒbəʊn// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The backbone or spine. also, figuratively, rare
"[T]he corrupt blood […] lying cluttered about the ridge-bone."
Example
More examples"[T]he corrupt blood […] lying cluttered about the ridge-bone."
Etymology
From Middle English rygge-bone, rigbone, from Old English hryċġbān (“backbone; spine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hruggjabain, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjabainą (“backbone”); equivalent to ridge (“the back”) + bone.
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