Lexicographical Neighbors of Haybands
Literary usage of Haybands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland (1852)
"1:! from some vault or cemetery on the banks of the Thames, and filled it up with
haybands. The cross of witch-elm twigs is likewise corroborative that ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1851)
"haybands in Seals (Vol. iii., p. 180.). —In your paper for March 8.1 observe a
Query by MB. MA LOWER respecting seals. It appears that MR. ..."
3. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1872)
"... thus + • This fell to pieces on being moved. , " When the haybands, which were
very sound and perfect, were removed, we found a leaden case or coffin, ..."
4. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1889)
"haybands, s.pl. — A rough kind of rope made of twisted hay, ... haybands were
formerly used by labouring men as a protection to the legs instead of gaiters. ..."
5. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1873)
"only with the s terns covered with haybands as above described ; and, strange to
say, eleven ont of the twelve grew, while only two oat of the corresponding ..."
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