rock-ribbed

or rock-rib

[ rok-ribd ]
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adjective
  1. having ribs or ridges of rock: the rock-ribbed coast of Maine.

  2. unyielding; confirmed and uncompromising: a rock-ribbed conservative.

Origin of rock-ribbed

1
First recorded in 1770–80

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