noun
Etymology
Origin of hatband
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at hat, band 2
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He wears a fashionable doublet, breeches, stockings, chunky strapped shoes and a tall felt hat with a buckle in the hatband.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025
It looked like a headband aspiring to be a hat; a hatband, if you will.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2021
The top of the hat is sewn onto the hatband, which is in turn sewn onto the bill, which is reinforced with eight rows of stitching.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2018
She pointed to a tall blue feather of a man a few seats in front of us sported from his hatband.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2013
I saw the hatband was missing from her hat, the blue ribbon.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
