ribband

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɪbənd/

Etymology 1

rib +‎ band

Noun

ribband (plural ribbands)

  1. (shipbuilding) A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position and give rigidity to the framework.

Noun

ribband (plural ribbands)

  1. Obsolete form of ribbon.
    • c. 1716, Alexander Pope, letter to Martha and Teresa Blount
      I hope by this time the pink-coloured ribband in your hat is pulled off, and the pink-coloured gown put on
    • 1833, anonymous, Frank Orby (page 11)
      “Pray,” said Doctor Waldron, addressing Mrs. Green, “who is that little fubsy lady, with scarce a morsel of neck, and all covered with ribbands, pursued by that long ghost of a man in the Spanish dress?”

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ribband in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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