† rere-ban(d [a. OF.rereban (Wace, etc.).] obs.var. arrière-ban. 13..Guy Warw. (A.) 3685 Þi rereban þou do of-sende; To awreke [þe] þou haue in mende.1523[see arrière-ban].a1533Ld. Berners Huon ciii. 341 Then he sent for his rerebande, as farre as his empyre stretched.