riband noun1 & verb1.
['rɪb(ǝ)nd] Also (the usual form in sense 2)
ribband. See also
RIBBON noun.
ME.[Old French riban (now dial.), reuban, (also mod.) ruban, prob. from Germanic compound of BAND noun2.]A. noun.
1. =
RIBBON noun 1b.
ME.b. =
RIBBON noun 1a.
arch. ME.2. Heraldry. A sub-ordinary, in width one eighth of the bend, and one half of the cost, usually borne couped.
M16.3. =
RIBBON noun 2.
M18.blue riband: see
BLUE adjective.
red riband: see
RED adjective.
4. A narrow strip
of something.
arch. E19.b. In
pl. =
RIBBON noun 8.
arch. E19.5. In
pl. =
RIBBON noun 3b.
arch. slang.
M19.
Comb.:
riband-fish =
ribbonfish s.v.
RIBBON noun;
Ribandman Hist. =
Ribbonman s.v.
RIBBON noun;
riband wave a greyish-white or ochreous geometrid moth,
Idaea aversata, with a dark band running from front to back of each wing.
b. verb trans. Adorn or trim (as) with a riband or ribands.
LME. ■ ribanding noun ribbons collectively; (an instance of) decoration with ribbons:
LME. ■ Ribandism noun (
rare,
Hist.) =
RIBBONISM M19. ■ Ribandist noun (
rare,
Hist.) =
Ribbonman s.v.
RIBBON noun E19. ■ ribandry noun (
rare) ribbons collectively
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