Riband

or Ribbon (Welsh rhibin; Irish ruibin, .). A long narrow web of silk worn for ornament or use; especially for a badge of devotion in love or war. “See in the lists they wait the trumpet’s sound: Some love-device is wrought on every sword, And every ribbon bears some mystic word.” ( Granville. ) The Ribbons of the various orders of Knighthood are:—of the Garter , a broad dark blue ribbon pa ing over the left shoulder; of the Thistle , a broad dark green ribbon; of St. Patrick , a light blue; of the Bath , red; of the Star of India , pale blue with white borders.