band bird (bandberd)

A name of the African collared finch, Amadina fasci at a. bandbox (band'boks), n. A light box made of pasteboard or thin flexible pieces of wood and paper, for holding caps, bonnets, or other light articles of attire: so called because originally made to contain the starched bands commonly worn in the seventeenth century. See band2, 3. She deposited by her side a capacious bandbox , in which, as is the custom among travelers of her sex, she carried a great deal of valuable property. Hawthorne. bandbox i cal (band'boks i-kal), a. [ band-brake (band'brāk), п. A form of brake used to prevent or to control the revolution of a shaft. It consists of a pulley secured upon the shaft, the circumference of which is embraced by a strap or band, usually of metal, which is capable of being adjusted to any desired degree of tightne .