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/ˈɹɪbˌbænd/ · noun
(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..
I hope by this time the pink-coloured ribband in your hat is pulled off, and the pink-coloured gown put on
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.
“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?”
Use ribband when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ribband means (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..
Common synonyms include riband.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I hope by this time the pink-coloured ribband in your hat is pulled off, and the pink-coloured gown put on
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