riempie

From South African Dutch riempje, later Afrikaans riempie, diminutive form of riem.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪmpi/, /ˈɹiːmpi/

riempie (plural riempies)

1. (South Africa) A strip of worked leather, especially as used to form crisscrossed patterns on the back of chairs etc. [from 19th c.]

riempie (not comparable)

1. (South Africa) Made of or featuring crisscrossed leather strips. [from 20th c.]
   • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 79:

     But back on the farm he submitted obediently to the routine of his parents: morning prayers, evening prayers – reading from his father's Dutch Bible, singing, kneeling at the riempie chairs until one's knees were aching […].

riempie

1. third-person singular present indicative of riempire

• empirei, epimeri