Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ribband

Ribband , noun

A ribbon. — Pope

Ribband , noun

[Rib + band.]

(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.
Collocations (1)
Rib-band lines , oblique longitudinal sections of the hull of a vessel. — Knight