vbl. sb. Sc. ? Obs. [app. f. RIPPLING vbl. sb.1 with thr- for r-, as in thresh, thrush, for rush.] Thrippling-comb, a comb-like implement for cleaning flax or hemp; = RIPPLE sb.1
1728. Ramsay, Bob of Dunblane, i. Lend me your braw hemp heckle And I’ll lend you my thripling kame.
1874. Mem. Alloa, 74. His winsome thrifty dame Plyin’ wi’ eident han’ her thriplin’ kaim.
