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

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 Shiukichi, Shigemi

This bandoline, instead of injuring the hair, as many other kinds often do, improves it, by increasing its growth, and making it always smooth and glossy.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

With all the queer little thatched Japanese huts that always have lumps of iris on the top, which the Japanese ladies use for bandoline.

From Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books by Eden, Horatia K. F.

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 Piesse, George William Septimus

When the "sticking-to-the-face" style was in vogue she bought much bandoline and essayed the sleekest and shiniest head of all.

From How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types by Benedict, Elsie Lincoln