ribband

¹

[ rib-band, rib-uhnd, -uhn ]

noun

1. Also Shipbuilding. a strip of wood or metal running fore-and-aft along frames to keep them in the proper position until the shell planking or plating is in place.
2. Carpentry. ribbon ( def 8 ).

ribband

²

[ rib-uhnd ]

noun

, Heraldry.

1. riband.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ribband¹

First recorded in 1705–15; rib ¹ + band ²

Example Sentences

La Touche listened, standing, and still holding the ribband of seaweed in his fingers.

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Even the colour of a shoe, the knot of a ribband, or your attitude in plucking a rose, were of moment to be recorded.

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"The ribband worn in the hat" was styled "a favour" previous to the Scotch Covenanters' nick-naming it a cockade.

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He constructed a column about which a broad ribband of relief winds upward.

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A blue ribband made a gay note in her faded, scant hair; she had pinned a piece of draggled color about her throat.

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