† ruban Obs.
Also 6 rubande, rub(b)en, 7 rubin, 8 rubban.
[a. F. ruban: see riband and ribbon.]
A ribbon.
| 1474 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 21 Item..v elne of rubanis. 1516 Invent. R. Wardrobe (1815) 26 Item, ane certane of rubenis & sewing silk. 1530 Palsgr. 264/1 Rubande of sylke, rubant. 1533 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. VI. 182 For rubanis to be latchatis to the samyn courtennis. 1651 [see blue ribbon 1]. 1661 Cowley Verses & Ess. (1669) 78 Across his Breast an azure Ruban went. 1695 Blackmore Pr. Arth. ix. 298 A flaming Ruban of Sydonian Dy. 1713 C'tess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 350 To rise with new appearing Day, And..With various Rubans Nosegays tye. 1774 Pennant Tour Scotl. 272 The rubbans, and other trifles I had brought, would have been insults to people in distress. |