or rebeck, subs. (old colloquial).—An old woman: in reproach: cf. RIBIBE.
1383. CHAUCER, The Canterbury Tales, ‘The Friar’s Tale,’ 275.
| | Brother, quod he, here woneth an old REBEKKE, |
| That hadde almost as lief to lese hire nekke, |
| As for to geve a peny of hir good. |
