Ribbon

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. 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. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.

3. Same as Rib-band.

4. Driving reins. [Cant] London Athenæum.

5. A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.

6. A silver.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.