单词 | ribboning |
释义 | ribboningn. 1. Ribbons collectively; ribboned work (in various senses of ribbon n.).†Formerly also as a count noun: a ribbon (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > ribbon > collectively ribanding1412 riband1415 ribbon1527 ribboning1600 ribbonry1820 ribandry1828 1600 J. Weever Favnvs & Melliflora sig. B2 To euery seame were fastned ribonings, With stories wrought of Emperours and Kings. 1609 T. Cocks Diary (1901) 80 Paide for 3 yardes di. of viij d ribboninge, ij s ij d. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. viii. 84 Their Emblemes and their Motto's, set forth with faire Scarfes, rich Ribbonings, Tassels and Buttons of the best both silke and gold. 1664 J. Tatham Londons Triumphs Celebrated 4 His male Servants, as Hatters, Brush-makers, &c. are habited in Half Shirts, and blew Breeches, with Caps on their Heads ornamented with Ribboning, &c. 1769 J. Gore Arithm. Fairly Laid Open (ed. 2) ix. 166 If 1 Yard of Ribboning cost 3½ d. what will 1 Gross cost? 1843 Amer. Railway Jrnl. & Mech. Mag. 1 138 The ribboning can be tressnailed down at $1 50 per 100 when the work is done by experienced workmen. 1864 Jrnl. Hort. 7 373/1 Roses in a line in front, the ribboning being then Brilliant Geranium,..and Cerastium next the grass verge. 1895 J. Mackintosh Hist. Civilisation in Scotl. (new ed.) III. xxx. 282 All other persons were prohibited from having pearling or ribboning upon their ruffles, shirts, napkins, and socks. 1960 T. H. White View from Fortieth Floor xxi. 459 At Christmas season, year after year, the editorial floor of Trumpet was hung with green and red ribboning. 2002 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 3 Nov. 10 She was poured into a white figure-hugging..dress featuring purple and pink vertical ribboning. 2. The action or process of ribbon v. (in various senses). ΚΠ 1852 C. Dickens in Househ. Words 11 Dec. 309/1 Neat-looking lasses were engaged in the various ‘making-up’ processes of ribboning, folding, ironing,..and assorting. 1853 O. S. Fowler Maternity 154 If woman's office in the economy of nature were insignificant, this expending of her time..in ribboning, and padding, and bustling, and curling..might pass unrebuked. 1857 S. M. Smucker Arctic Explor. & Discov. 420 The gallant ship..outrode the gale, though with the loss of her spare spars, and the total ribboning of her sails. 1913 2nd Rep. Factory Investigating Comm. (N.Y. State) IV. 1548 The little three year old child running ribbons in corset covers was very proud of the fact that she could help her mother. They get three cents a dozen for doing that ribboning. 1941 Science 2 May 5 (advt.) A specially prepared, pure paraffin... It possesses superior ribboning qualities and, when melted, filters readily through fine filter paper. 1962 Amer. Hist. Rev. 67 337 In French Canada, the ‘ribboning’ of the seignories along riverbanks made nucleation an infrequent occurrence. 2008 Townsville (Austral.) Bull. (Nexis) 20 Dec. (Weekend Extra section) 44 The agonising in the aisles of the department store, making the careful decision, the careful wrapping, ribboning, ticketing, [etc.]. Compounds ribboning-out n. the action of spreading out in a ribbon or ribbons (ribbon n. 3a); sprawling. ΚΠ 1959 Observer 30 Aug. 7/1 The same ferro-concrete and glass blocks are going up in Zürich and in New Delhi, accompanied..by the same ribboning-out of metropolis into suburbia. 2000 Southern Local Planning Comm. Exec. Summary (East Ayrshire Council) Applic. 00/129/OL The proposed development..would set an unacceptable precedent for the ribboning out of the settlement form of Drongan and other settlements. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ribboningadj. Suggestive of a ribbon; esp. (of a road, etc.) stretching out like a ribbon. ΚΠ 1926 C. Morley in Sat. Rev. 18 Sept. 47/3 The world goes by with a roar and a ribboning flicker of plate glass windows—the Plymouth Express. 1976 H. Tracy Death in Reserve xxi. 168 He drove back..looking at the ribboning road with unblinking bright eyes. 1981 A. Waterman Out for Elements ii. 98 Absurd beauty soars all around, descends to ribboning miles of golden strand. 2008 Austral. Mag. (Nexis) 13 Sept. 76 Just as striking is the couple's house,..where a ribboning pathway leads to a large cut-away dome that resembles a spaceship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600adj.1926 |
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