tripe : Idioms & Phrases

Index

honeycomb tripe

  • noun lining of the reticulum (or second stomach) of a ruminant used as food
WordNet

Rock tripe

  • (Bot.), a kind of lichen (Umbilicaria Dillenii) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity.
Webster 1913

tripe-de-roche

Tripe`-de-roche" noun
Etymology
F.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Same as Rock tripe, under Rock.
Webster 1913