Question 2: A ribbon or riband is a thin band of flexible material, typically ________ but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily for binding and tying.
Question 3: Along with that of tapes, fringes and other smallwares, the manufacture of cloth ribbons forms a special department of the ________ industries.
Question 4: The essential feature of a ribbon ________ is the simultaneous weaving in one loom frame of two or more webs, going up to as many as forty narrow fabrics in modern looms.
Question 7: Similar looms were at work in ________ in 1620, where their use gave rise to so much discontent and rioting on the part of the weavers that the states-general had to prohibit their use.