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bandanna - 3 dictionary results

ban⋅dan⋅na

[ban-dan-uh]
–noun
1. a large, printed handkerchief, typically one with white spots or figures on a red or blue background.
2. any large scarf for the neck or head.
Also, ban⋅dan⋅a.


Origin:
1745–55; earlier bandanno (second syll. unstressed) < Hindi bdhnū tie dyeing


ban⋅dan⋅naed [ban-dan-uhd] , adjective
ban·dan·na or ban·dan·a   (bān-dān'ə)   
n.  A large handkerchief usually figured and brightly colored.

[Probably Portuguese, from Hindi bāndhnū, tie-dyeing, from bāndhnā, to tie, from Sanskrit bandhati, he ties; see bhendh- in Indo-European roots.]

Bandanna

Ban*dan"na\, Bandana \Ban*dan"a\, n. [Hind. b[=a]ndhn? a mode of dyeing in which the cloth is tied in different places so as to prevent the parts tied from receiving the dye. Cf. Band, n.]

1. A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form.

2. A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure. --Ure.
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