RIBBON

n. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.

2.
n.

A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.

3.
n.

Same as Rib-band.

4.
n.

Driving reins. [Cant] London Athenæum.

5.
n.

A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.

6.
n.

A silver.

7.
v.

To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.


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