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ban⋅deau

  [ban-doh, ban-doh]
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–noun, plural -deaux  [-dohz, -dohz] .
1. a headband, esp. one worn about the forehead.
2. a narrow brassiere.
Origin:
1700–10; < F; OF bandel, equiv. to bande band 2 + -el < L -illus dim. suffix
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ban·deau   (bān-dō')   
n.   pl. ban·deaux (-dōz') or ban·deaus

  1. A narrow band for the hair.

  2. A brassiere.


[French, from Old French bandel, diminutive of bande, band, strip; see band1.]
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bandeau 
1706, from Fr., from O.Fr. bandel dim. of bande "band" (see band (1)).
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