Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any portion of apparel passing under the chin, whether for protection or to hold the head-dress in place.
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Examples
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Then Kanmakan went in to his mother and took leave of her, after which he girt on his sword and donned turban and chin-band and mounting his horse Catoul, rode through the streets of Baghdad, till he reached the gate of the city.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II Anonymous 1879
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He shook his clustered ringlets down and laid his chin-band by,
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
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So she rose and donned some of her husband's clothes and boots and spurs and a turban like his, drawing the loose end across her face for a chin-band.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
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I gave my love, for chin-band, my palm spread open wide And eke for ringdove's collar, my arms about him dight.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
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He wore a costume made of black tights, and a chin-band from which an iron hook hung.
The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II Jules Lermina 1877
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Amjed kissed the ground before him; but lo, the King was a queen, who wore a chin-band over her face, and she said to Amjed, 'Know that I have no design on your city and am only come hither in quest of a beardless slave of mine, whom if I find with you, I will do you no hurt; but if I find him not, then shall there befall sore battle between you and me.'
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
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