Etymology : Middle English riban, from Middle French riban, ruban
Pronunciation : ri-b&n
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. strip of material used for decoration; shred, torn strip of material. ribbon\rib"bon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. ribboned ; p. pr. & vb. n. ribboning.] to adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.ribbon \rib"bon\ , n. [oe. riban, of. riban, f. ruban, probably of german origin; cf. d. ringband collar, necklace, e. ring circle, and band.] [written also riband, ribband.].
2. a fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.
3. a narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.
4. (shipbuilding) same as rib-band.
5. pl. driving reins. [cant] --london athen?um.
6. (her.) a bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
7. (spinning) a silver.note: the blue ribbon, and the red ribbon, are phrases often used to designate the british orders of the garter and of the bath, respectively, the badges of which are suspended by ribbons of these colors. see:
blue ribbon , under blue.ribbon fish. (zo?l.) (a) any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish of the family trachypterid?, especially the species of the genus trachypterus, and the oarfish (regelecus banksii) of the north atlantic, which is sometimes over twenty feet long. (b) the hairtail, or bladefish. (c) a small compressed marine fish of the genus cepola, having a long, slender, tapering tail. the european species (c. rubescens) is light red throughout. called also band fish.ribbon grass (bot.), a variety of reed canary grass having the leaves stripped with green and white; -- called also lady's garters see:
reed grass, under reed.ribbon seal (zo?l.), a north pacific seal (histriophoca fasciata). the adult male is dark brown, conspicuously banded and striped with yellowish white.ribbon snake (zo?l.), a common north american snake (eutainia saurita). it is conspicuously striped with bright yellow and dark brown.ribbon society, a society in ireland, founded in the early part of the 19th century in antagonism to the orangemen. it afterwards became an organization of tennant farmers banded together to prevent eviction by landlords. it took its name from the green ribbon worn by members as a badge.
8. A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.
9. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.
10. Same as Rib- band.
11. Driving reins.
12. A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
13. A silver.
14. To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons. notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a gray thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward".
15. 1. A ribbon is a long, narrow piece of cloth that you use for tying things together or as a decoration. She had tied back her hair with a peach satin ribbon.
16. A typewriter or printer ribbon is a long, narrow piece of cloth containing ink and is used in a typewriter or printer.
17. A ribbon is a small decorative strip of cloth which is given to someone to wear on their clothes as an award or to show that they are linked with a particular organization.
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