Definition of "ribands" [ribands]

• Plural form of riband. (noun)

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• "It was not splintered by the shock, but entirely reduced to thin ribands of wood."
• "It is with a nation as with an individual, if he exchange luxuries for luxuries, or superfluities, such as ribands for ribands, which he consumes, he adds nothing to his wealth; but if he exchange his luxuries, or his ribands, for bread or for such materials at give scope to his industry, he is then benefited, and enriched by the interchange."
• "He wore sandals, fastened on with ribands of scarlet silk, and held in his hand a sort of fan, such as ladies then used, composed of the same feathers, assembled into a plume or tuft."