In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
headband
(noun) a band worn around or over the head; “the earphones were held in place by a headband”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
headband (plural headbands)
A strip of fabric worn around the head.
A hair-accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.
A strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book; used as decoration and reinforcement.
(printing) A thin slip of iron on the tympan of a printing-press.
• (horseshoe-shaped headband): Alice band
• fillet
• deely bobber
• katyusha
• bandhead
Source: Wiktionary
Head"band`, n.
1. A fillet; a band for the head. "The headbands and the tablets." Is. iii. 20.
2. The band at each end of the back of a book.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.