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Ribbon vs Surcingle - What's the difference?

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Ribbon is a related term of surcingle.


As nouns the difference between ribbon and surcingle

is that ribbon is a long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping while surcingle is a long unpadded strap to pass over and keep in place a blanket, pack or saddle on an animal.

As a verb ribbon

is to decorate with ribbon.

ribbon

English

(wikipedia ribbon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
  • An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
  • A narrow strip or shred.
  • a steel or magnesium ribbon
    sails torn to ribbons
  • (shipbuilding)
  • (slang, dated, in the plural) Driving reins.
  • (London Athenaeum)
  • (heraldry) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
  • (spinning) A sliver.
  • (computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.
  • (cooking) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.
  • See also

    * riband

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To decorate with ribbon.
  • Synonyms

    * beribbon

    Anagrams

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    surcingle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a long unpadded strap to pass over and keep in place a blanket, pack or saddle on an animal
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  • a piece of tack wrapped around the belly of a horse, to use when longeing, also know as lungeing; (roller in UK and Australasia)
  • a girdle to fasten a garment, especially a cassock
  • Synonyms

    * roller