At the top there was a primitive gridiron of loose nibong bars, and the river swirled so rapidly and dizzily below that I was obliged ignominiously to hold on to a Chinaman in order to reach the causeway safely.
The uprights are of palm, and the elastic, gridiron floor of split laths of the invaluable nibongpalm (oncosperma filamentosum).
It was built partly of the wood of the Nibong palm, and partly of bamboo, and was thatched with palm-leaves.
The side-walls were also of bamboo, and the roof was made from the leaves of the nibong and other palms.
The men went into the jungle and felled wood for posts and rafters, then nibong palms were split into strips for the floors.
The ornamental pillars were first made of polished nibong palms; but in a few years these had to be cut away, as they were full of white ants, and hard wood substituted.
The paku bindu (Cycas circinalis) has the general appearance of a young, or rather dwarf coconut-tree, and like that and the nibong produces a cabbage that is much esteemed as a culinary vegetable.
The nibong (Caryota urens), another species of palm, grows wild in such abundance as not to need cultivation.
The whole of the detachment did not reach our huts on the bank of the Nibong stream till evening, much time being consumed in bringing on the mortar and magazine.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nibong" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
