band shell

American  

noun

1. a concave, acoustically resonant structure at the back of an outdoor bandstand.

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Etymology

Origin of band shell

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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band shell

After nearly an hour in the car, he made it through the hills and to the iconic band shell that serves as the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

The open car in which he was riding rolled up to the steps of the band shell under a bright floodlight.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2020

At Form, the stage was an open-air band shell that had been designed, in the seventies, to look like the apse of an Italian church, with a few psychedelic flourishes.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2018

On his arena tour this year, he plays on a stage shaped like a half-circle band shell with lights.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2017

But the pickup just sort of steered itself back to the band shell, and there he was, lugging the kid into the baseball-equipment room.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli