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# riband

noun (old form of ribbon; plural ribands)

«riband» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use) A narrow strip of silk or cloth, used to tie hair or decorate clothes; a ribbon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riband/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales, the ribbon a girl wears in her hair or on her bonnet

### Examples

- She tied a green riband in her hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riband/#x1)
- Long silk ribands fluttered from their bonnets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riband/#x2)
- The princess wore a blue riband round her waist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riband/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «riband» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riband/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«riband» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/riband.html) on Mova free.