riband

English

Noun

riband (countable and uncountable, plural ribands)

1. Archaic form of ribbon.
   • 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter XIII, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 273–274:

     There was every reason to spare the disclosure, for a new blue satin pelisse, a bonnet trimmed with ribands a mile high, and a fresh detachment of flowing curls, proclaimed the bridal attire.

   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 573:

     Riband and fringe are often bought by the ounce.

2. (heraldry) A narrow diminutive of the bend, thinner than a bendlet.

   Coordinate terms: bendlet, cost, garter

Derived terms

• riband jasper

Anagrams

• Bardin, Brandi, Briand