falling band
a large, flat collar, usually trimmed with lace, worn by men in the 17th century.
Origin of falling band
1- Also called fall.
Words Nearby falling band
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How to use falling band in a sentence
The women as well as the men discarded the huge ruff, replacing it with a flaring collar known as the "falling band."
Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century | Annie Lash JesterThe father carried his "plain falling band" and steeple-crowned hat with a stiff air, and also carried lethal weapons.
Disturbed Ireland | Bernard H. BeckerThe ruff gives place at last to the falling band, a wide collar of lace or plain linen.
Go thou, and don thy scarlet sash and the falling band with lace edge.
Sir Christopher | Maud Wilder GoodwinHe is represented with a dark skull cap on his head, long hair, a moustache, and a large falling band or collar.
The Parish Clerk (1907) | Peter Hampson Ditchfield
British Dictionary definitions for falling band
a man's large flat collar, often lace-trimmed, worn during the 17th century
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