tripe-de-roche
[ treep-duh-rawsh, -rohsh ]
noun
Origin of tripe-de-roche
11800–10; <French: rock tripe
Words Nearby tripe-de-roche
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How to use tripe-de-roche in a sentence
Tripe de roche, for which see our volume ii, p. 156, note 70.
Among the former the tripe de roche is the most capable of supporting life.
The Western World | W.H.G. KingstonThat night all we had to sustain nature was the leather soup Alick spoke of, with the addition of some tripe de roche.
Snow Shoes and Canoes | William H. G. KingstonWe were dependent for subsistence on what animals we could catch, and, failing that, on "tripe de roche."
The Beaver, Volume 1, No. 10, July, 1921. | Hudson's Bay CompanyOn reaching the rock, they saw what Norman had meant by the words tripe de roche (rock-tripe).
The Young Voyageurs | Mayne Reid
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