Usually means: Strip used in shipbuilding, decoration.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. ribband: Merriam-Webster
  2. ribband: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. ribband: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ribband: Vocabulary.com
  5. ribband: Wordnik
  6. ribband: Wiktionary
  7. ribband: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. ribband: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. ribband: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Ribband, ribband: Dictionary.com
  11. Ribband: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. ribband: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. ribband: Rhymezone
  14. Ribband: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. ribband: FreeDictionary.org
  16. ribband: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. ribband: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. RIBBAND: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ribband: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ribband)

noun:  (shipbuilding) 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.
noun:  Obsolete spelling of ribbon. [A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.]

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