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head⋅band

[hed-band]
–noun
1. a band worn around the head; fillet.
2. Printing. a band for decorative effect at the head of a chapter or of a page in a book.
3. a band sewed or glued to the head or tail of the back of a book, or to both, often to protect and strengthen the binding but sometimes for decoration.
Compare tailband.


Origin:
1525–35; head + band 2
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Head-bands

(Heb. kishshurim), properly girdles or belts for the waist (Isa. 3:20, R.V., "sashes;" Jer. 2:32, rendered "attire", i.e., a girdle round the waist).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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