bandbox

[Eng. band; box.] A box of thin card, used principally for enclosing hats, caps, or similar articles of attire. "With empty bandbox she delights to range." Gay: Trivia. bandé (băn'-dê), a . [Fr. = banded.] Her. The same as Eng. IN BEND. [BEND.] băn'-deau (eau as ō), plur. băn'-deaux (eaux as ōz), s. [Fr. a fillet, frontlet, diadem, tiara, architrave.] A narrow band or fillet around a cap or other headdre . "Around the edge of this cap was a stiff bandeau of leather."-Scott. bănd'-ěd (1), * bănd, pa. par. & a. [BAND (1), ν.] A. Ord. Lang.: In senses corresponding to those of the verb. "Secret and safe the banded chests, In which the wealth of Mortham rests." Scott Rokeby , iv. 31. B. Technically : 1. Bot. A term applied to variegation or marking when transverse stripes of one colour cro another one. 2. Her . When a garb is bound together with a band of a different tincture, it is said to be banded of that tincture. (Glo . of Her .) bǎnd'-ěd (2), pa . par . [BAND, v.] 426 băn'-děl-ět, s. [BANDLET.]