ribbein, ribben, ribb-bein, ribb-ben

noun neutersubstantiv intetkjønn

a rib

av norrønt rif ‘ribbein’; egentlig rivbein from Old Norse rif ‘rib’; properly rivbein

bein som går fra ryggvirvelen til brystbeinet;
sidebeinrib bone running from a vertebra of the spine to the breastbone;
ribsidebein

være så mager at en kan telle ribbeina to be so thin that you can count their ribs
knekke et ribbein to break a rib