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glebe

noun
/ɡliːb/UK/ɡlib/US

Etymology

From Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba (“lump of earth, clod”). Doublet of gleba.

  1. derived from glaeba — “lump of earth, clod”
  2. derived from glebe

Definitions

  1. Turf

    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

  2. In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed…

    In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.

  3. A field or meadow.

    • Admiring glebes their amber ears unfold, / And Labour sleep amid the waving gold.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A piece of earth containing ore.

    2. A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia.

    3. A suburb of the City of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

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Derived

glebe-farm, glebe farm, glebe-house, glebe-land, glebeless, glebous, gleby

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA