A ribbon or band of silk (or other material), serving as a ground for ornamentation with metalwork or embroidery, and used as a girdle, garter, etc…

Probably: one of a number of strips of material (perhaps ribbon), sewn on to a piece of cloth or a garment to form a pattern of stripes. Cf. railye…

A narrow streamer.

a narrow gauze ribbon with satin stripes (cf. sense 11).

A corded tape used in dressmaking and millinery for stiffening; = Petersham ribbon n. at sense 2c. Now rare.

ribbon used in making bows or knots.

A kind of silk tape or ribbon.

Any of various types of thick ribbon (see quots.). Now rare.

narrow ribbon used for decorative purposes; a piece of this.