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Ribin

RIB'IN

, n.
1.
A filet of silk; a narrow web of silk used for an ornament, as a badge, or for fastening some part of female dress.
2.
In naval architecture, a long narrow flexible piece of timber, nailed upon the outside of the ribs from the stem to the sternpost, so as to encompass the ship lengthwise; the principal are the floor-ribin and the breadth-ribin.

RIB'IN

,
Verb.
T.
To adorn with ribins.

Definition 2024


ribin

ribin

English

Noun

ribin (plural ribins)

  1. Obsolete spelling of ribbon