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Definition of Headbands
1. headband [n] - See also: headband
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headbands
Literary usage of Headbands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bookbinding for Bibliophiles: Being Notes on Some Technical Features of the by Fletcher Williams Battershall (1905)
"... the same ends as the others, binding the sections together at a point where
they are held by no other sewing. The earliest headbands were, in fact, ..."
2. Bookbinding for Amateurs: Being Descriptions of the Various Tools and by W. J. Eden Crane (1885)
"headbands AND REGISTERS. THE headband is an ornamental appendage, formed in thread
and silk of various colours, which is placed at the back of a book at the ..."
3. Five Years in China: With Some Account of the Great Rebellion, and a by Charles Taylor (1860)
"... of Dressing the Hair—The Queue— headbands—Hats and Caps—Long Nails—Use of Long
Sleeves— Materials of Clothing—A Novel Thermometer—Winter Clothing— Boots ..."
4. How to Do Plays With Children by Jo Ellen Moore, Leslie Tryon, Ginny Hall, Betsy Franco-Feeney (1994)
"headbands for Quick and Easy Play Activities You can make dramatic play a frequent
part of your class program using these headband patterns and a few easily ..."
5. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"The patterns painted upon these headbands were alleged to represent the owner's
... Since the painted headbands might only be worn on special occasions, ..."
6. Literary Collector: A Monthly Magazine of Booklore and Bibliography edited by Annie (Dennis) Bursch, Frederick C. Bursch (1902)
"The earliest headbands were in truth merely the terminal bands on which the book
... Ancient headbands done in this fashion stand out from the back with the ..."
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