Meaning

A band for the hair..

Definitions by Sense

1. A band for the hair.
2. (medicine) A band.
3. A narrow, tight bra, especially when strapless; hence, any women's top made from a similar band of fabric.

Example Sentences

She wore a bandeau in her hair.

You dress with a square glass before you, and a long glass behind you; your hair trusts to its own brown or black attractions, either curled or braided,—or you put on a wreath, a bunch of flowers, or a pearl bandeau;...

an elaborate tombstone over a prebendary's widow, a dead lady with a Grecian nose, a bandeau, and an intricate lace veil; lying of course on a marble sofa

Fragment of a wool cap, of which only the bandeau is well preserved. It is made in square knotting in alternate directions (see Fig. 79).

1998, AANS Publications Committee: Setti S. Rengachary, MD, and Edward C. Benzel, MD, Calvarial and Dural Reconstruction: Neurosurgical Topics The frontal bandeau is then elevated en bloc. A Bi on BC1 (Midas Rex) bit is used to create the osteotomies circumferentially.

The supraorbital bandeau is fixed to the nasal structure by a titanium [...] This bandeau is fixed by microplates. The median bone strip is fixed to the [...]

At Paris fashion week, a few weeks later, Kim’s sister Kendall wore a minimalist black bandeau top that echoed Kim’s look.

Word Forms

• bandeaux
• bandeaus

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