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Riband vs Ribband - What's the difference?

riband | ribband |

As nouns the difference between riband and ribband

is that riband is ribbon while ribband is 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.

riband

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • ribbon
  • *1882 : Riband and fringe are often bought by the ounce. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 4, p. 573.
  • (heraldiccharge) A narrow diminutive of the bend, thinner than a bendlet
  • Anagrams

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    ribband

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en 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.
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A ribbon.
  • (Alexander Pope)
    (Webster 1913)