·noun A Ribbon.
II. Ribband ·noun 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.
A narrow plank made to a line formed on the half-breadth plan, by taking the intersections of the di...
The Sailor's Word-Book
This is an important fir-timber which runs round a little below the floor-heads, for the support of ...
A term given by shipwrights to those lines, or occult ribbands, by which the cant-timbers are laid o...