WordNet
n. a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning [syn: weeds]
Usage examples of "mourning band".
The black breeches and stockings, the epaulette and the best cocked hat, the sword and the mourning band.
His hand against her light gray sleeve looked almost as dark as a mourning band.
He was dressed all in black and had a black crepe mourning band about his right sleeve.
The Chairman of the Party came somberly down the line, embracing each of the bereaved, a black mourning band on his sleeve to contrast with the gaudy Order of Lenin emblem on his lapel.
He was almost sinister-looking in his funereal clothes and that black hair which looked like a mourning band round his forehead, with his measured speech, his sallow skin and that empty sleeve.
A black mourning band on the left sleeve was how Arkady recognized him.