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Definition of Steel band
1. Noun. A band that plays instruments made from the heads of oil drums (Caribbean Islands).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steel Band
Literary usage of Steel band
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1916)
"steel band WHEEL, 1911. THE RIMS OF THE STEEL BULL WHEELS ABE NOW MADE IN THE
SAME MANNER. ... The present type of steel band wheel was adopted in 1911. ..."
2. The Gasoline Automobile: Its Design and Construction by Peter Martin Heldt (1918)
"Thickness of steel band, 'A inch up to 4>4 inch tire; H inch on 4!^ inch and
larger tires. ... Thickness of steel band, H inch for all sizes of tire. ..."
3. Belt Conveyors and Belt Elevators by Frederic Valerius Hetzel (1922)
"The trouble was in the repeated breakage of the steel band, probably from the
blows from the matte shoveled onto the band and from material caught between ..."
4. Adventure Guide to Trinidad & Tobago by Kathleen O'Donnell, S Harry Pefkaros (2000)
"Among the wide variety of musical forms are two internationally known and lauded
musical styles - calypso and steel band. Both calypso, which is an older ..."
5. The Horseless Age (1904)
"In this figure A represents the drum, which is encircled by the leather lined
steel band B. The steel band at its highest point is secured in a somewhat ..."
6. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"This consists of a cast-steel band covered with leather, which moves and revolves
... When the machine is set in motion, the steel band slides in the recess ..."
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