ribband

English

Etymology 1

From rib +‎ band.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪbˌbænd/, /ˈɹɪbənd/

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.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪbənd/

Noun

ribband (plural ribbands)

1. 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[mas] 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?”

References

• “ribband”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.