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English
Etymology 1
From rib + band.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɪbˌbænd/, /ˈɹɪbənd/
Noun
ribband (plural ribbands)
- (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.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
ribband (plural ribbands)
- Obsolete spelling of ribbon.
1648, Robert Herrick, “Delight in Disorder”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine , London: John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho Hunt, , →OCLC, page 29:A Svveet diſorder in the dreſſe / Kindles in cloathes a vvantonneſſe: / […] / A Cuffe neglectfull, and thereby / Ribbands to flovv confuſedly: / […] / Do more bevvitch me, than vvhen Art / Is too preciſe in every part.
- 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 author, 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?”
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