Glebe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡliːb/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Glebe is a noun meaning Turf; soil; ground; sod.
Meaning
Turf; soil; ground; sod.
More Meanings
- (poetic) A field or meadow.
- (mining) A piece of earth containing ore.
- (historical) In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
Example Sentences
Admiring glebes their amber ears unfold, / And Labour sleep amid the waving gold.
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
Word Forms
- glebes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include terriers, turf, scraw, sward, clod, sord.
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