riempie means made of or featuring crisscrossed leather strips. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
riempie is pronounced /ˈɹɪmpi/.
Etymology
From South African Dutch riempje, later Afrikaans riempie, diminutive form of riem.
adj
- Made of or featuring crisscrossed leather strips.“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 […].”
noun
- A strip of worked leather, especially as used to form crisscrossed patterns on the back of chairs etc.