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ˈhatband, hat-band 1. A band or narrow ribbon put round a hat above the brim.
1412–13Durh. MS. Alm. Roll, Pro hatbandys de serico nigro, ijs. 1552Huloet, Hatte bande, spira. 1594H. Deane in Lismore Papers Ser. ii. (1887) I. 8 A hat-bande, with xviij gowlde buttons. 1623Dk. Buckhm. in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. III. 146 He hath neyther chaine nor hatband. 1685Lond. Gaz. No. 2094/4 A Hat, with a Black and Gold coloured Silk Hatband of the new twisted fashion. 1726Amherst Terræ Fil. xlvi. 247 Flapping hats with silver hat⁓bands. 1834L. Ritchie Wand. by Seine 105 Louis XI..loaded even his hat-band with medals of the saints. b. Phrase. as queer (tight, odd, etc.) as Dick's (or Nick's) hatband. (Dick or Nick was prob. some local character or half-wit, whose droll sayings were repeated. See Notes & Queries 8th ser. XII. 37, et seq.)
1796Grose Dict. Vulg. T. s.v. Dick, I am as queer as Dick's hatband; that is, out of spirits, or don't know what ails me. [Newcastle form c 1850. As queer as Dick's (Nick's) hat⁓band, that went nine times round and wouldn't meet.] †c. gold hatband: a nobleman at the University; a ‘tuft’. Obs.
1628Earle Microcosm., Yng. Gent. Univ. (Arb.) 45 His companion is ordinarily some stale fellow, that ha's beene notorious for an Ingle to gold hatbands. 1889Gentl. Mag. June 598 Noblemen at the universities, since known as ‘tufts’, because of the gold tuft or tassle to their cap, were then known as gold hatbands. 2. A band of crape or other dark material worn round the hat as a sign of mourning.
1598Tofte Alba (1880) 74 To Hatband black..This sable place doth fit you best to mourne. 1667Pepys Diary 31 Dec., My uncle Thomas, with a mourning hat-band on for his daughter Mary. 1702Order in Council 8 Mar. in Lond. Gaz. No. 3791/4 It will be allowed as full and proper Mourning, to wear Hatbands of Black English Alamode covered with Black Crape. 1806A. Duncan Nelson's Fun. 18 Six mourners, in scarfs and hatbands. 1886J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts (1889) 32 The undertaker's mute in streaming hat-band. 3. Comb., as hatband-hater, hatband-maker.
1602How to Choose Gd. Wife fr. Bad i. iii. in Hazl. Dodsley IX. 17 A hatband-hater, and a busk-point wearer. 1632Star Chamb. Cases (Camden) 115 A. B. of London, Cittizen and Hatband-maker. 1720Stow's Surv. (1754) II. v. xv. 334/1 The master, wardens, and assistants of the incorporated company of Hat⁓band Makers of London. |