Definition of "tribade"
tribade
/ˈtɹɪbəd/
noun
plural tribades
A woman who engages in sexual activity with another woman; a lesbian.
Quotations
A century later, however, homosexuality among English women seems to have been regarded by the French as common, and Bacchaumont […] added: "Her taste for women will there find attractive satisfaction, for though Paris furnishes many tribades it is said that London is herein superior."
1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, 3rd edition, volume 2