bandeau

[ ban-doh, ban-doh ]
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noun,plural ban·deaux [ban-dohz, ban-dohz]. /bænˈdoʊz, ˈbæn doʊz/.
  1. a headband, especially one worn about the forehead.

  2. a narrow brassiere.

Origin of bandeau

1
1700–10; <French; Old French bandel, equivalent to bandeband2 + -el<Latin -illus diminutive suffix

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How to use bandeau in a sentence

  • They differed in complexion, some of the newly arrived being delightfully fresh and pink under their starched bandeaux.

    Hilda | Sarah Jeanette Duncan
  • A black hat, of the hue of charred paper, confined her bandeaux of grizzled hair.

    Germinie Lacerteux | Edmond and Jules de Goncourt
  • Their heads were ornamented with bandeaux, and their ears and hands with rings.

  • Numberless fine plaits of hair, tressed with cords and separated by bandeaux, fell in opulent masses on either side of the face.

  • She had a very white complexion, and very black hair, which she wore in waved bandeaux.

    My Double Life | Sarah Bernhardt

British Dictionary definitions for bandeau

bandeau

/ (ˈbændəʊ) /


nounplural -deaux (-dəʊz)
  1. a narrow band of ribbon, velvet, etc, worn round the head

  2. a bikini top in the form of narrow band of material

Origin of bandeau

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C18: from French, from Old French bandel a little band ²

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