Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRIPE, n. [Fr. id.; Sp. tripa; It. trippa; G. tripp; Russ. trebucha; W. tripa, from rhip, from rhib, a streak or dribblet. In Sp. tripe, Dan. trip, is shag, plush. This word is probably from tearing, ripping, like strip.]

1. Properly, the entrails; but in common usage, the large stomach of ruminating animals, prepared for food.
2. In ludicrous language, the belly. Johnson.