Ribband
[ribænd]
Definition
(n.) A ribbon.
(n.) A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position, and give rigidity to the framework.
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Examples
- Mr. Elton, I must beg leave to stop at your house, and ask your housekeeper for a bit of ribband or string, or any thing just to keep my boot on. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It was not splintered by the shock, but entirely reduced to thin ribbands of wood. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Our gunwales had been torn away, our single sail had been rent to ribbands, and borne down the stream of the wind. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Meredith