glebe en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- glēb (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɡlib/ (General-American)
- /ɡliːb/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba (“lump of earth, clod”). Doublet of gleba.
Meanings
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Turf; soil; ground; sod.
1768, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke
- (historical) In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
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(poetic) A field or meadow.
Admiring glebes their amber ears unfold, / And Labour sleep amid the waving gold.
1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 151:
- A piece of earth containing ore.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| glebes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
glebe-house · glebeless · glebous · glebe-farm · gleby · glebe-land · glebe farm
Relateds
Translations (10)
el μετόχι (area of land belonging to a parish) · mk по́чва (turf) · mk зе́мја (turf) · gd glìb (area of land belonging to a parish) · bg църко́вна земя́ (area of land belonging to a parish) · ru дёрн (turf) · mk цр́ковно зе́мјиште (area of land belonging to a parish) · el βακούφι (area of land belonging to a parish) · bg земя́ (turf) · bg по́чва (turf)