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A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.

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  1. n. A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.
  2. n. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.
  3. n. Same as Rib-band.
  4. n. Driving reins.
  5. n. A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
  6. n. A silver.
  7. v. t. To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.
  8. n. any long object resembling a thin line
  9. n. an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
  10. n. a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter
  11. n. notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming