ridge band

3469 IMG:content-0635.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Shipbuilding : (1) A rib within the inner sheathing, bolted through the latter into the main ribs and planking, for the purpose of stiffening the frame. The riders extend from the keelson to the orlop-beams. (2) A second tier of casks in a hold. (3) A rope which cro es another and joins it. 3. Ordn.: A piece of wood in a gun-carriage on which the side-pieces rest. rider-roll, s. A separate addition made to a roll or record. [RIDER, I. 5.]