Crossword clues for bandeau
bandeau
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bandeau \Ban*deau"\ (b[a^]n*d[=o]"; b[a^]n"d[=o]), n.; pl. Bandeaux (b[a^]n*d[=o]z"). [F.] A narrow band or fillet, as for the hair, part of a headdress, etc.
Around the edge of this cap was a stiff bandeau of
leather.
--Sir W.
Scott.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1706, from French bandeau, from Old French bandel (12c.), diminutive of bande "band" (see band (n.1)).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A band for the hair. 2 (context medicine English) A band. 3 A brassiere, especially when narrow or strapless; a top made from a narrow band of fabric.
WordNet
Wikipedia
A bandeau (pl. bandeaux, diminutive of meaning "strip") is a garment comprising, in appearance, a strip of cloth. Today, the term most frequently refers to a garment that wraps around a woman's breasts in sports or swimwear, and now it is accepted as the top part of formal wear with pants or a skirt. It is similar to a tube top, but narrower. It is usually strapless, sleeveless and off the shoulder. It is commonly made from elastic material to stop it from slipping down, or is tied or pinned at the back or front. In the first half of the 20th century, a "bandeau" referred to a headdress, in the form of headache bands or headbands, and also to a simple brassiere.
The term is also used to refer to a wimple-like garment in the costumes of nuns, as well as of women of the medieval period.
Usage examples of "bandeau".
His gaze traveled from the filmy pink scarf draping her throat and floating behind her to the deep pink bandeau covering her breasts and finally to the volumnious extravagance of the matching harem pajamas.
She felt his hands, oddly clumsy and uncoordinated, on the silk of the bandeau, and then her breasts were once more covered.
But Lucy had tucked and braided and twisted the whole curly mess around a stiffened bandeau of gold-embroidered muslin, and Pru was quite pleased with the result.
Hawaiian print shirt over the bandeau and then chose a pair of platform sandals from her closet.
The hem of her bandeau had been shoved up, nearly baring one braless breast.
At her dark purple bandeau top that showed a bit of cleavage and flirted with her navel and the waistband of her python miniskirt.
A blue silk bandeau shimmered around her black hair and across her forehead.
The whole relief of the costume was white: white sash, white cuffs turned back, white collar, white rosette and band, white and red bandeau, and the faint glitter of a white shirt.
Encircling his temples was a bandeau of the twisted leaves of the Omoo tree, pressed closely over the brows to shield his feeble vision from the glare of the sun.
Walking back to Floyt, she discarded the bandeau in one direction, the hip-yoke in another.
You think Caitlyn Bandeaux slid under the Triumph and snipped the brake lines?
If the brim is separate from the crown, the hat may be completely changed by slipping the brim down over the crown, leaving it an inch or so from the bottom on one side or in the back, making a bandeau which lends itself to trimming of flowers, ribbons, or malines.
He unlaced his buskins and threw them to one side, took off his tunic and removed his copper bracelets and bandeau.
Much of the clothing the people wore was made of animal skin for warmth and durability, but there were luxury items of woven cloth—skirts, bandeaus, snoods, sashes, and belts.
Long chestnut hair, smooth and very fine, was parted in the middle of his head into two bandeaus which curled at their extremity.