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Ribband

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A length of flexible wood or metal used to hold the ribs of a ship in place while the exterior planking or plating is being applied.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An obsolete or archaic form of ribbon.

n. In ship-building: A piece of timber extending the length of the square body of a vessel, used to secure the frames in position until the outside planking is put on.

n. A square timber of the slip fastened lengthwise in the bilgeways to prevent the timbers of the cradle from slipping outward during launching. See cut under launching-ways.

n. A scantling of wood, about 15 feet long and 4 inches square, used in rack-lashing gun-platforms to keep the platform secure: also used for mortar-platforms. Two rib-bands accompany every platform.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a ribbon used as a decoration

Word Usage

"The window-curtains, only of white cotton, were tied up with knots of pale green ribband."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

ribbon

Cross Reference

floor rib-band rib-band line rib-band nail

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

ribbon shred rag stripe

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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