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▪ I. † wind-band1 Obs. [f. wind v.1 + band n.1] A band which is ‘wound’ or put around something, as the nave-band or tire of a wheel.
1313–14Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 512 In Hurtures, Windbandes, et Doules empt., ijs. 1350–1Ibid. 551 Cum Wyndbandis factis de proprio ferro pro rotis molend. de Wystone. 1496Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 287 For iijc nalis to the wyndbandis. 1545Ibid. VIII. 391 Ane wynd band of irne to ane of the quhelis. 1616Churchw. Acc. Pittington, etc. (Surtees) 72 Thre gudgions and thre vrters and a windband. 1825Jamieson, Wund-band. ▪ II. ˈwind-band2 [f. wind n.1 + band n.3] A band of wind-instruments, as a military band; the wind of an orchestra.
1876[see wind n.1 12 b]. 1894J. A. Kappey Milit. Mus. 87 The introduction of the clarinet into wind-bands. Ibid. 88 The event which had the greatest influence upon the progress of wind-bands was the French Revolution. |