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单词 mourning band
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mourning bandn.

Brit. /ˈmɔːnɪŋ ˌband/, U.S. /ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˌbænd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mourning n.1, band n.2
Etymology: < mourning n.1 + band n.2
1. A hatband decorated with sprigs of cypress as a sign of bereavement. Obsolete.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > wearing of mourning garments > mourning garments > hatband
hatband1598
mourning banda1630
crape1763
a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) iv. i. 334 The other men that followe the Herse haue..hattbandes of black Sipres hanging downe behynde, Called Trawerbandes that is mourning bandes.
2. A strip of black cloth or crêpe worn round a hat or (in later use) round the sleeve of a coat, as a sign of bereavement.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > band > types of > as sign of mourning
hatband1598
crape1763
weeper1832
mourning band1862
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for arms > [noun] > arm-band > types of
armband1738
armband1893
sleeve garter1896
mourning band1954
1862 W. Collins No Name I. ii. 29 The picture of him began with a tall hat, broadly encircled by a mourning band of crumpled crape.
1884 D. Boucicault Shaughraun ii. iii. 37 I was wrong to come here at all. I feel like a mourning band on a white hat.
1954 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. After all the hou-ha in the Observer about the death of the novel, perhaps we ought to be wearing a mourning-band.
1967 A. Carter Magic Toyshop v. 108 She found she had torn most of the mourning band away from her sleeve and there was nothing for it but to pull it off entirely.
1997 Esquire (Electronic ed.) 1 Dec. The cops had their name tags covered..with black mourning bands ordinarily worn to honor a dead cop.
3. colloquial. A dirty or black edge to a fingernail. Cf. in mourning adv. d at mourning n.1 Phrases. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > life > the body > nail > [noun] > finger nail > specific part
mourning band1884
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dirt in or on the body > specific
sordes1746
mourning band1884
toe-jam1934
bogy1937
1884 St. James's Gaz. 5 Dec. 6/1 The ‘mourning-bands’ on the finger-nails are faithfully recorded.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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