RIBBAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ribband mean? 

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

1. a ribbon used as a decoration

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIBBAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ribbon used as a decoration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

riband; ribband

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

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

 Context examples 

Mr. Elton, I must beg leave to stop at your house, and ask your housekeeper for a bit of ribband or string, or any thing just to keep my boot on.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The one with red cheeks is called Miss Smith; she attends to the work, and cuts out—for we make our own clothes, our frocks, and pelisses, and everything; the little one with black hair is Miss Scatcherd; she teaches history and grammar, and hears the second class repetitions; and the one who wears a shawl, and has a pocket-handkerchief tied to her side with a yellow ribband, is Madame Pierrot: she comes from Lisle, in France, and teaches French.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)