See Also: red-riband(medicine)
riband(medicine)
riband(dictionary)

riband (iou)



riband noun1 & verb1. Also (the usual form in sense 2) ribband. See also RIBBON noun. ME.
[Old French riban (now dial.), reuban, (also mod.) ruban, prob. from Germanic compound of BAND noun2.]
A. noun.
= RIBBON noun 1b. ME.
b. = RIBBON noun 1a. arch. ME.
Heraldry. A sub-ordinary, in width one eighth of the bend, and one half of the cost, usually borne couped. M16.
= RIBBON noun 2. M18.
blue riband: see BLUE adjective. red riband: see RED adjective.
A narrow strip of something. arch. E19.
b. In pl. = RIBBON noun 8. arch. E19.
In pl. = RIBBON noun 3b. arch. slang. M19.
Comb.: riband-fish = ribbonfish s.v. RIBBON noun; Ribandman Hist. = Ribbonman s.v. RIBBON noun; riband wave a greyish-white or ochreous geometrid moth, Idaea aversata, with a dark band running from front to back of each wing.
b. verb trans. Adorn or trim (as) with a riband or ribands. LME.
ribanding noun ribbons collectively; (an instance of) decoration with ribbons: LME.
Ribandism noun (rare, Hist.) = RIBBONISM M19.
Ribandist noun (rare, Hist.) = Ribbonman s.v. RIBBON noun E19.
ribandry noun (rare) ribbons collectively E19.