rock-ribbed
or rock-rib
[rok-ribd]
adjective
having ribs or ridges of rock: the rock-ribbed coast of Maine.
unyielding; confirmed and uncompromising: a rock-ribbed conservative.
Origin of rock-ribbed
First recorded in 1770–80
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Related Words for rock-ribbed
jagged, craggy, rough, flinty, hard, inflexible, petrified, solid, lapidarian, lithic, pebbly, petrousExamples from the Web for rock-ribbed
Contemporary Examples of rock-ribbed
After all, Kansas is as rock-ribbed a Republican state as they come.
I am shocked at how many New Yorkers I had thought to be rock-ribbed Democrats are attending Romney fundraisers.
Historical Examples of rock-ribbed
The road-bed is literally 'rock-ribbed,' if not 'eternal as the sun.'
Scenic Mount Lowe and Its Wonderful RailwayGeorge Wharton James
But Taygetos, rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, remains as it was.
Vacation days in GreeceRufus B. Richardson
The strata of society are as immovable as the strata of the rock-ribbed hills.
From Egypt to JapanHenry M. Field
From end to end its rock-ribbed hills are filled with tombs.
From Egypt to JapanHenry M. Field
In other words, the spine is a bodily structure as old as the rock-ribbed hills.
Vitality SupremeBernarr Macfadden