Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A band of ribbon or cloth worn on a hat just above the brim.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A band or ribbon placed about a hat just above the brim.
- noun In heraldry, a bearing representing a ribbon, or sometimes a sort of braid ending in tassels.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
band fastened around ahat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim
Etymologies
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Examples
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Arbon, surely your hatband is too tight and therefore affecting your memory.
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In her hatband was a bluebird feather; her fingers rose to it reminiscently.
The Desert Valley Jackson Gregory 1912
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I have a size 8 hatband, meaning Barry Bonds looks like a pinhead compared to me.
TNT Diner 2009
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If the ducks were within 40 yards, maybe I need a purple hatband.
Poor Representation 2009
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If the ducks were within 40 yards, maybe I need a purple hatband.
Poor Representation 2009
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I had an old Stetson felt hat that I lost when I spilled in a pair of waders, it was beat up, had to be re-stitched like 6 times, the hatband fell apart, but it was a great hat, I just wonder where it is right now:?
Fishing hats... 2009
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When he showed up at a 1960s ruckus at Columbia University, younger reporters noted with amazed laughter that he was the last journalist in America to wear a card saying PRESS in his hatband.
Boulevardier's Delight Henry Allen 2011
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I had an old Stetson felt hat that I lost when I spilled in a pair of waders, it was beat up, had to be re-stitched like 6 times, the hatband fell apart, but it was a great hat, I just wonder where it is right now:?
Fishing hats... 2009
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O'Toole took off his felt hat and stuffed the bill in the hatband.
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Casor took the stiletto out of his hatband, motioned the bartender (always giggling) for another drink.
fbharjo commented on the word hatband
plays head music
November 19, 2010