bandstring

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noun

Any of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels.

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Meanings

nounbandstring (plural bandstrings)

plural bandstrings

  1. historicalobsoleteAny of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels.

    A pise of those Bandstrings--the more haste the less speed.

    1687, Aphra Behn, “The Lucky Chance”, in The Works of Aphra Behn Volume III

Origin

From band + string.

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APA

bandstring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bandstring

MLA

“bandstring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bandstring. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bandstring,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bandstring.

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