ridgebone
ridge·bone
ridgebone · ridgebones
The backbone or spineThe backbone or spine.
/ˈɹɪd͡ʒbəʊn/
Meaning
1 senses(also, figuratively, rare)The backbone or spine.
Origin
From Middle English rygge-bone, rigbone, from Old English hryċġbān (“backbone; spine”), frFrom Middle English rygge-bone, rigbone, from Old English hryċġbān (“backbone; spine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hruggjabain, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjabainą (“backbone”); equivalent to ridge (“the back”) + bone.
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