headbandn.
/ˈhɛdband/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌbænd/ 1.
a. A band or strip of material worn round the head, typically as a decoration or to keep hair or perspiration off the face; a hairband.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > head- or hair-band
snoodc725
norseleOE
hair-lacea1300
filleta1327
tressurea1350
hair-bandc1440
headbanda1522
forehead-cloth1561
fascia1587
filleting1648
forehead-band1809
taenia1850
bandlet1883
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. vi. l. 142 Lows hed bandis [L. crinalis vittas], schake down ȝour haris all.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. iii. D Headbandes, rynges and garlandes.
1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. vii. 311 The bracelets & the bonets, the attyres of the heade & the slops, the headbands, [etc.].
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rubennier, a ribbon maker, head-band maker.
1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 120 Coyfe of white Linnen..like the Headband which the Conservators of their Laws wore at Athens during their Office.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sleeping To promote Sleep, take common Roses with the white of an Egg well beaten..and make an Headband or Fillet of it.
1759 tr. L. A. Muratori Relation Missions of Paraguay xvi. 138 The Indian women bind their foreheads with a head-band drawn very tight.
1853 W. J. Hickie tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 547 Let me wear the head-band as conqueror.
1899 T. Hall Tales 10 Among the boulders I could see occasionally the red headband characteristic of the Apache.
1978 Times 24 June 17/3 Enter John McEnroe, 19-year-old New Yorker in white with matching headband to bind curly hair.
1992 M. Bracewell Conclave iv. 127 Her hair was..held off her face with a leopard-print headband.
b. A halter; any of the parts of a bridle or halter which fit over or round an animal's head. Cf. headstall n.1 1, fillet n.1 1c.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > halter or bridle > parts of
headstallc1330
trench1480
stalk1497
musrol1551
head-strain?1561
water-chain?1561
throat band1585
cavesson1598
mullen1598
nose bit?a1600
front-stall1601
ampyx1607
chain1607
fillet1607
cheek-band1611
cheekpiece1611
noseband1611
throat thong1611
headpiece1678
throatlatch1693
headband1704
trenchefil1730
bridoon1744
banquet1753
head1756
cheek1795
throat strap1803
frontlet1805
throat-lash1805
cheekstrap1834
brow-band1844
nosepiece1865
shank1879
1704 Dict. Rusticum at Bridle The Throat-band, being that Leather which is buttoned from the Headband under the Throat.
1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams i. civ. 77 A beast, like Calydon's of yore, Boasts headbands [L. capistris] never bristler wore.
1852 P. H. Gosse Assyria 234 The cheek-strap, head-band, and nose-fillet, were ornamented with large rosettes.
1871 Rep. 10th Ann. Fair (St. Louis Agric. & Mechanical Assoc.) 201 They were led prancing round near the dress-circle with the long ribbons flowing from the head-bands of their bridles.
1916 Farm Jrnl. May 316/1 Fasten it by hooking the end of the wire over the head-band of the bridle.
2007 R. M. Brown Tell-Tale Horse (2008) vii. 73 Tootie hung up the bridle, neatly making a figure eight around the headband, noseband, and cheek pieces with the throat latch.
c. A band connected to an earpiece, mouthpiece, or other device, and worn round the head so as to hold it in place; (now) esp. the band joining the earphones on a pair of headphones.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > earphone(s) > headband
headband1881
1881 Amer. Jrnl. Otology Oct. 280 Various modifications of the head-band, for holding the ear and throat mirror, have been made.
1888 Columbus Med. Jrnl. June 536 The ear-phone..is held in apposition to the surgeon's ear by an elastic head band or metal frame.
1896 E. J. Houston & A. E. Kennelly Electric Telephone 78 The watch-case form of telephone is almost invariably used by operators in telephone exchanges..and is readily supported over the ear by a headband.
1907 Pop. Mech. June 699/2 (advt.) We..sell highest-grade receivers, two on one headband, resistance 500 to 1500 ohms, at about half what other firms charge.
1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio 256 Headphones, a pair of electro-acoustic transducers..held to the ears by a headband.
2003 Which? Oct. 13/1 On-ear headphones with an adjustable headband that folds up for easy storage.
2. Bookbinding. An ornamental band or strip usually made of coloured silk or cotton and fastened to the inner back of a bound book at the head or tail; (also) the material of which this is made.
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society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > back > fastenings in back
headband1611
band1699
raised bands1833
slip1875
saddle wire1876
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Trenchefile, the head-band of a booke.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xii. 86 It is all one to me, so that the head-band of the book breed not moths or wormes in it.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Book-binding The Headband..is an Ornament of Silk of several colours..plac'd at each Extreme of the Back, across the Leaves.
1817 T. F. Dibdin Bibliogr. Decameron II. 526 His great error lay in double head-bands, and brown-paper linings.
1892 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Binding of Bk. 11 In cheap work this headband, bought by the yard, is fastened on by glue..In early times this headband was twisted as the book was sewn, and..laced into the wooden boards.
1946 E. Diehl Bookbinding i. v. 61 A very distinctive type of headband..found on bindings of Greek MSS..is a double-tiered headband which protrudes beyond the line of the book boards.
2006 Chicago Sun Times (Nexis) 12 Apr. 63 Bill Clinton's book..sported a 1-inch dressy headband visible from the top... Carlson said Gane had to supply the equivalent of 125,000 yards of headband.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > parts of > waistband
headband1675
trouser band1858
1675 Stirling Common Good f. 92v Halfe ane elne of harne to the head band of thair breitches.
1749 tr. F. Rabelais Faithful Acct. Life Dr. Sartorius Sinegradibus 17 Seized the Doctor..by the Headband of his Breeches.
1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge x. 162 The iron hook was..passed through the head-band of his nether garment.
1880 Therapeutic Gaz. 15 Feb. 50/1 Two small holes in the head-band of his trousers.
4. Architecture. A band of mouldings at the top part of something, esp. one on the inner contour of an arch; = archivolt n. Now rare.
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1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 57 The Archivolte or Head-Band.
1771 G. Marshall tr. A. B. Desgodets Anc. Buildings Rome II. xvi. 12 The arch in the flank has a headband incrusted with white marble.
1825 London Mag. Dec. 477 In a plain building,..the entablature, and the reeds or cords at the angles, with the headbands and cords round the doors and windows, are ornaments enough.
1937 Hesperia 6 28 The head band is crowned with a delicate half round.
5. Printing.† a. A thin bar of iron forming one of the four sides of a tympan (tympan n. 4). Obsolete.
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1825 C. F. Partington Printer's Compl. Guide 261 The frames are made of three slips of very thin wood, and at the top a slip of iron, still thinner, called a head-band.
1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 310 Head band, a thin bar of iron that connects the two sides of the tympans to the top.
1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 774/2 These tympans are light square frames covered with parchment. They consist of three slips of thin wood with a headband or top slip of thin iron.
1890 C. T. Jacobi Printing xvi. 148 You may regulate the rise and fall of the platen may be regulated, so as to clear the head-bands of the tympans.
b. Originally and chiefly U.S. A rectangular illustration, engraving, or other decorative element placed at the head of a book, page, chapter, etc.; = headpiece n. 6.
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society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > head-piece or tail-piece
vinet1630
tailpiece1707
headpiece1713
vignette1751
headband1893
1893 Catal. Orig. & Early Editions Eng. Writers 56 Title as above, with ornamental headband and printer's device preceding the imprint.
1909 Catal. Bks. Foreign Lang. after 1600, Libr. R. Hoe I. 92 Engraved title and head-band to page 1.
1921 Bull. Metrop. Mus. Art 16 86/1 See the head-band on the following page for an example of this typographic ornament.
2004 A. Bartram Bauhaus, Modernism & Illustr. Bk. 16/2 Any old headband or decorative initial would do.
Derivatives
ˈheadbander n. Bookbinding (now rare) a person who makes or attaches headbands (sense 2).
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1892 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Binding of Bk. 18 Headbander, the person who works the fine silk or cotton ornament at head or tail of the book.
1921 W. B. Conkey What Business Man should know about Printing (rev. ed.) 137 After the book has been rounded and backed, it goes to the headbander and liner.
ˈheadbanding n. Bookbinding the process of making or attaching headbands (sense 2); (also) the material of which a headband is made.
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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [noun] > other processes
headbanding1707
lacing1818
steamboating1826
casework1835
stringing1914
tipping1931
backing-
1707 Philos. Trans. 1706–7 (Royal Soc.) 25 2401 Bookbinding shall be handled in all its Parts..Folding, Sewing, Headbanding.
1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts (1875) 396 Headbanding, there are two kinds, stuck on and worked.
1892 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Binding of Bk. 11 Headbanding next follows, and is the work of women, it is the silk or cotton finish at the edges, head and tail.
1991 Times (Nexis) 23 Apr. Silk headbanding and spine stitching take place in the sewing room.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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