RIBAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does riband mean? 

• RIBAND (noun)
  The noun RIBAND has 1 sense:

1. a ribbon used as a decoration

  Familiarity information: RIBAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIBAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ribbon used as a decoration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

riband; ribband

Hypernyms ("riband" is a kind of...):

ribbon (notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming)

 Context examples 

“Those rascals over yonder manage things better,” said an old one-eyed captain, with the blue-and-white riband for St. Vincent peeping out of his third buttonhole.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)