Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rough; rugged; uneven.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Rough; rugged.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- 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
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"A fistulous, a rugose, salebrous, --" cut in the Captain, close on the left.
All Around the Moon Jules Verne 1866
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