riband

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Noun

riband (countable and uncountable, plural ribands)

  1. Archaic form of ribbon.
    • 1842, Thomson, chapter XIII, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, , →OCLC, pages 273–274:
      There was every reason to spare the disclosure, for a new blue satin pelisse, a bonnet trimmed with ribands a mile high, and a fresh detachment of flowing curls, proclaimed the bridal attire.
    • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 573:
      Riband and fringe are often bought by the ounce.
  2. (heraldry) A narrow diminutive of the bend, thinner than a bendlet.
    Coordinate terms: bendlet, cost, garter

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