Definition of Trpe
Tripe (?), n. [OE. tripe, F.
tripe; of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. & Pg. tripa, It.
trippa, OD. tripe, W. tripa, Armor. stripen.]
1. The large stomach of ruminating animals, when
prepared for food.
How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled
? Shak.
2. The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt,
the belly; -- generally used in the plural. Howell.
Tripe (?), n. [OE. tripe, F.
tripe; of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. & Pg. tripa, It.
trippa, OD. tripe, W. tripa, Armor. stripen.]
1. The large stomach of ruminating animals, when
prepared for food.
How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled
? Shak.
2. The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt,
the belly; -- generally used in the plural. Howell.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
TRIPE. The belly, or guts. Mr. Double Tripe; a fat
man. Tripes and trullibubs; the entrails: also a jeering
appellation for a fat man.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- The large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
- The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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