rock-ribbed

rock-ribbed
/rok"ribd'/, adj.
1. having ribs or ridges of rock: the rock-ribbed coast of Maine.
2. unyielding; confirmed and uncompromising: a rock-ribbed conservative.
Also, rock-rib.
[1770-80]

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