HEADBAND

headband

(noun) a band worn around or over the head; “the earphones were held in place by a headband”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (horseshoe-shaped headband): Alice band

• fillet

Hyponyms

• deely bobber

• katyusha

Anagrams

• 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



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