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

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)

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 Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)

He spun blithely round on his dexter heel, absorbed the faithful Libby to his manly breast, and incontinently kissed for his lips a coating of lustrous bandoline from the head of the fashionable maiden.

From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)

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

They use clay for the same purpose as ladies of civilisation used the perfumed bandoline.

From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon