riband
a decorative ribbon.
Origin of riband
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How to use riband in a sentence
Here we have shepherdesses in hoops and wreaths of roses and shepherds in satin coats, who carry crooks tied with knots of riband.
Child Life In Town And Country | Anatole FranceThe trail they took ran through the grass, a sinuous riband of hard-beaten soil that flashed where it caught the light.
The Girl From Keller's | Harold BindlossIt was eerie to watch the contour of the arc break, die away into a delicate pallor and reillumine in a travelling riband.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonGerard cast an eager glance up and down the long riband of dusty road, over the shimmering expanse of sun-baked veldt.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley | Bertram MitfordThere was something foreign in his air—and the half military habit, relieved by the red riband of the Bourbon knighthood.
Night and Morning, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for riband
ribband
/ (ˈrɪbənd) /
a ribbon, esp one awarded for some achievement: See also blue riband
a flat rail attached to posts in a palisade
Origin of riband
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