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# riband

«riband» in Mova's school dictionary: **A narrow strip of silk or cloth, used to tie hair or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (old form of ribbon; plural ribands)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «riband» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riband/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.