band shell
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of band shell
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The band shell was dismantled and put in storage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
At Form, the stage was an open-air band shell that had been designed, in the seventies, to look like the apse of an Italian church, with a few psychedelic flourishes.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2018
On his arena tour this year, he plays on a stage shaped like a half-circle band shell with lights.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2017
The activities, in tents around Central Park’s band shell, include calligraphy, Kabuki face painting and origami — even a Hello Kitty photo booth.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2016
But the pickup just sort of steered itself back to the band shell, and there he was, lugging the kid into the baseball-equipment room.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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