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noun

Ribbon n. (Written also riband, ribband)

1.

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.

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

3.

(Shipbuilding) Same as Rib-band.

4.

pl. Driving reins. (Cant)

5.

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

6.

(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. (Zool.)

(a)

Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish of the family Trachypteridae, 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 (Cepola 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 (Zool.), a North Pacific seal (Histriophoca fasciata). The adult male is dark brown, conspicuously banded and striped with yellowish white.

Ribbon snake (Zool.), 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.

Ribbon worm. (Zool.)

(a)

A tapeworm.

(b)

A nemertean.

verb

Ribbon v. t. (past & past part. ribboned; pres. part. ribboning) To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.

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"Ribbon" Quotes from Famous Books

... during my stay, one especially dwells in my memory. On arriving rather early one evening, I noticed a large, portly man, wearing the broad red ribbon of the Legion of Honor, and at once saw that he could be no other than Prince Victor Napoleon, the Bonaparte heir to the crown of France. Though he was far larger than the great Napoleon, and had the eyes ...

— Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White Volume II • Andrew Dickson White

... swathed carefully in a wadded silk jacket, and then enveloped in a hooded cloak; she looked like an angelic brownie. Dicky ran to her as a woman led her out to a coupe at the curb, and tugged at the ribbon of her cloak. ...

— The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 - December, 1906. • Various

... the 2nd Battalion of the 311th conducted a Horse Show to pick entries for the regimental Horse Show which was announced. In this show Battery D carried off a good share of the ribbons. John E. Jones, of Hazleton, Penna., was awarded the blue ribbon and a cash donation of francs, as first prize winner for individual mounts. Concetti Imbesi, of Scranton, Penna., captured the second place in this event and was awarded the red ribbon. Imbesi was a prize winner in the hurdling, taking the ...

— The Delta of the Triple Elevens - The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, - American Expeditionary Forces • William Elmer Bachman

... emotion, as, with downcast eyes, he modestly approached towards Dr Rowlands, not even observing the presence of the others in the complete absorption of his feelings. He stood in a sorrowful attitude, not venturing to look up, and his hand played nervously with the ribbon of his straw hat. ...

— Eric, or Little by Little • Frederic W. Farrar

... Beggoe, talken' as though I grudged my own cheild maken' herself 'ansome. Vassie, my worm, you may have that bit o' blue ribbon I bought last ...

— Secret Bread • F. Tennyson Jesse

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