'Ripieno' definitions:

Definition of 'Ripieno'

From: GCIDE

Ripieno \Ri*pi*e"no\, a. [It.] (Mus.) Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term applied to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato. [1913 Webster] Ripler