·noun ·see Ropeband.
II. Robbin ·noun A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds.
an ear-wig, so called from his forked tail. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
[from the French ruban rond]. A mode of signing names in a circular form, after a complaint or remon...
The Sailor's Word-Book