ribanded

English

Etymology

From riband +‎ -ed.

Adjective

ribanded (not comparable)

  1. Decorated with ribands; ribboned.
    • 1604 March 25 (first performance; Gregorian calendar; published 1604), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Part of the Kings Entertainment in Passing to His Coronation [The Coronation Triumph]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, page 846:
      PROTHYMIA, or Promptitude, was attyr'd in a ſhort tuck't garment of flame-colour, wings at her backe; her haire bright, and bound vp with ribands; her breſt open, virago-like; her buskins ſo ribanded: […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ribanded”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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