bandoline

American  

[ban-dl-een, -dl-in] / ˈbæn dlˌin, -dl ɪn /

noun

1. a mucilaginous preparation made from quince seeds and used for smoothing, glossing, or waving the hair.

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bandoline British  

/ ˈbændəˌliːn /

noun

1. a glutinous hair dressing, used (esp formerly) to keep the hair in place

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Etymology

Origin of bandoline

1840–50; < French bandeau bandeau + -line < Latin linere to anoint, smear

Example Sentences

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bandoline

Perfumers, however, chiefly make bandoline from gum tragacanth, which exudes from a shrub of that name which grows plentifully in Greece and Turkey.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse

May their food disagree with them, their clothes fail to come back from the laundry, and their bandoline lose its staying qualities.

From Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 by George W. (George Wilbur) Peck

The use of this kind of pillow or support was formerly imperative for the men and is still to the women for the protection of the head-dress from ruin and the bedclothes from the bandoline.

From A Japanese Boy by Shigemi Shiukichi

"What in the world is bandoline, Mister?" asked Mrs. Blossom, who had listened with half-open mouth after the doctor called the tree sacred.

From Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Oliver Optic

While she was taking her hair down out of the curl papers, and putting bandoline over her ears, she gave Mr. Hayes her opinion of surprise parties.

From Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 by George W. (George Wilbur) Peck