bandeaun.
/ˈbandəʊ/, /banˈdəʊ/, U.S. /ˈbænˌdoʊ/, /bænˈdoʊ/Thesaurus »
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a. A narrow band or fillet worn by women to bind the hair, or as part of a head-dress.
b. A bandage for the eyes.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > not seeing or preventing from seeing > [noun] > anything obstructing sight > blindfold
scarf1587
muffler1600
bumble1623
bandeau1861
1706 T. Betterton Amorous Widow i. 4 The fairest Hair, the beautiful'st Curls do not become your Forehead, so well as a Bando did.
1778 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) I. 98 That bandeau..was worn by every woman at court.
1826 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) IV. xxi. 273 Just make up this bandeau for my hair.
?1858 C. Mathews Autobiogr. (1879) I In a laced night-cap with sky-blue bandeau.
1861 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem III. clxi. 175 The Chancellor of the Exchequer, as Paul Louis said of fortune, sees under his bandeau.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 29 Feb. 13/2 The front part of the barette forms a bandeau.
1959 Sunday Times 5 Apr. 22/5 As small as it is possible to be and still be called a hat, a bandeau and bow are caught in a cage of veiling.
c. A strip of velvet or other material generally made up in a circular form to be stitched inside the lower part of the crown of a hat that is too large for the head.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > top > linings for
hat tip1824
tip1864
bandeau1908
1908 Daily Chron. 29 Jan. 4/7 With the right sort of ‘bandeau’..you need not wear a hatpin at all.
Draft additions September 2006
Originally North American. A brassiere in the form of a narrow band of fabric worn tightly around the bust, with or without shoulder straps; (hence) any women's (esp. strapless) top in a similar style.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > brassière > types of
bandeau1915
uplift bra1932
gay deceiver1942
falsies1943
balconette1947
Wonderbra1947
push-up1955
bralette1973
underwire1973
minimizer1980
T-back1981
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for chest or breast > types of > to cover woman's breast
stomach1473
patlet?a1505
partlet1515
stomacher1535
under-forebody1547
square1579
forepart1600
poitrel1607
half-shirt1661
tucker1688
modesty piece1713
modesty1731
modesty-bit1731
buffon1774
habit-shirt1780
chemisette1806
guimpe1850
bandeau1915
monobosom1970
bralette1973
modesty vest1974
1915 Los Angeles Times 7 May ii. 7 (advt.) De Bevoise Bandeau Brassieres hold the bust firm and give correct contours.
1950 S. J. Perelman Swiss Family Perelman x. 167 The French bathing suit..had been sheared down..to..a microscopic triangle laced across the hips and supplemented in the womenfolk by an extremely sketchy bandeau.
1976 Daily Tel. 19 July 11/2 This is the do-it-yourself summer when you can twist a large-ish scarf into a bandeau or halter top.
1995 i-D Nov. 48/1 Zoe wears lamé bandeau and lycra trousers.
1999 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) June 175/1 Enjoy the benefits of no shoulder-strap marks in a bandeau bikini by Versolato.
2001 InStyle (Electronic ed.) May 146 If you don't like foam-padded strapless bras but worry about losing a cup size when you wear a bandeau, then the new silicone bras should come as great news.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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