tripe-de-roche

[ treep-duh-rawsh, -rohsh ]

noun

1. rock tripe.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tripe-de-roche¹

1800–10; < French: rock tripe

Example Sentences

Sometimes he luxuriates on deer, partridges, and fat beaver; whilst at others he is obliged to live almost entirely on fish, and not unfrequently on tripe-de-roche.

From Project Gutenberg

It is very beautiful in colour, red granite, spotted with orange and black lichen on its face, and carpeted with caribou moss and species of cetraria, great patches of tripe-de-roche, beds of saxifrage, long trailers, and masses of bearberry, empetrum, ground cedar, juniper, cryptograma, and many others; while the trees, willow, birch, and spruce are full of character and drawing.

From Project Gutenberg