Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of ribband.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ribbands.

Examples

  • It was not splintered by the shock, but entirely reduced to thin ribbands of wood.

    Chapter 1 2010

  • Wud yoo liek wun ob dees flowti bloons wif sparkloly ribbands.

    I was - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

  • She was loaded with lilac plumes, ribbands, and gauzes, and Camilla saw her bed completely covered with her new ball dress.

    Camilla 2008

  • A dealer also in stockings, ribbands, snuff, and perfumes.

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

  • Sir Simon promiseth her a new paire of shoes, garters, ribbands, girdles, or what else she would request.

    The Decameron 2004

  • It was not splintered by the shock, but entirely reduced to thin ribbands of wood.

    Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley 2004

  • A suit of mourning has transformed my coquet into a prude, and a new set of ribbands has given her younger sister more than natural vivacity.

    The Vicar of Wakefield 2004

  • It was not splintered by the shock, but entirely reduced to thin ribbands of wood.

    Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley 2004

  • How well so ever I fancied my lectures against pride had conquered the vanity of my daughters; yet I still found them secretly attached to all their former finery: they still loved laces, ribbands, bugles and catgut; my wife herself retained a passion for her crimson paduasoy, because I formerly happened to say it became her.

    The Vicar of Wakefield 2004

  • My only dislike arose from an attachment he discovered to my daughter: he would, in a jesting manner, call her his little mistress, and when he bought each of the girls a set of ribbands, hers was the finest.

    The Vicar of Wakefield 2004

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.