¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hairband
1. a headband [n -S] - See also: headband
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hairband
Literary usage of Hairband
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Germ Warfareby John Lonergan by John Lonergan (2001)
"He wanted to see how it would look freed of the hairband. They soon reached a
band of trees leading up to a stone house. When they reached the trees, ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... headband, hairband, and blanket. Dressed skin or native cotton formed the
chief materials from which their costumes were made, but these gave place ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... and generally black, more seldom striped yellow and red, covers the head,
round which it is kept in its place by a piece of twine or a twisted hairband. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... folded once, black, or striped yellow and red, covers the head, round which
it is kept in its place by a piece of twine or a twisted hairband. ..."
5. Balancing Reading & Language Learning: A Resource for Teaching English by Mary Cappellini (2005)
"... the child's hairband had a bird on it, something that many adult readers do
not notice.They also noticed that her collar looked like feathers. ..."
6. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach (1912)
"... open half-way up the outer sides and fastened with a belt; footless stockings,
leggings, garters, moccasins or sandals, breechcloth, headband, hairband, ..."
7. Servian Popular Poetry by John Bowring (1827)
"But her hairband caught the open window— From the window, ah ! she hung suspended—
Hung a week suspended from the window— Then her hair gave way—and ..."
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