Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Rough; rugged; uneven.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Rough; rugged.

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  • adjective obsolete rough; rugged

Etymologies

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Latin salebrosus, from salebra a rugged road, from salire to leap.

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Examples

  • "A fistulous, a rugose, salebrous, --" cut in the Captain, close on the left.

    All Around the Moon Jules Verne 1866

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