Lexicographical Neighbors of Ribstones
Literary usage of Ribstones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"He used to like them almost as well as ribstones." Thomasin turned and rolled
aside the fern from another nook, where more mellow fruit greeted her with its ..."
2. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1898)
"Pendennis was back in his little one-horse carriage, dispensing draughts and
pills at that time : but the ribstones asked him and Mrs. Pendennis to an ..."
3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... time : but the ribstones asked him and Mrs. Pendennis to an entertainment, of
which Mr. Pendennis talked to the last day of bis life The secret ambition ..."
4. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1878)
"If Saxon ribstones or arcades have been partially destroyed, the walls should be
repaired flat without copying the old portions. ..."
5. Fraser's Magazine (1878)
"If Saxon ribstones or arcades have been partially destroyed, the walls should be
repaired flat without copying the old portions. ..."
6. Report on Manuscripts in Various Collections by Great Britain (1904)
"There are many notices of the work done upon the " great pere " or " canted pillar."
Later, the parapet, ribstones for the ..."
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