Meaning

noun framework for holding objects

noun rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton

noun the destruction or collapse of something

originFrom Middle English reken, from Old Norse reka (“to be drifted, tost”) The noun is from Middle English rak, rakke, from Middle English rek (“drift; thing tossed ashore; jetsam”), from the verb.

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