headband
A strip of fabric worn around the headA strip of fabric worn around the head.
» Tom was wearing a red headband.
Tom trug ein rotes Stirnband.
На Томе была красная головная повязка.
Meaning
4 sensesA strip of fabric worn around the head.
Stirnband, Stirnbinde
повя́зка на голове́povjázka na golové
a band worn around or over the head
A hair accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.
Haarbügel, Haarreifen, Haarreif
A strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book; used as decoration and reinforcement.
Kapitalband
A thin slip of iron on the tympan of a printing press.
Examples
9 sentencesTom was wearing a red headband.
ruНа Томе была красная головная повязка.
deTom trug ein rotes Stirnband.
Tom is wearing a red headband.
Tom is wearing a headband.
Tom wore a yellow tennis headband.
deTom trug ein gelbes Tennisstirnband.
My sister lent me a headband.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English *hedband, from Old English hēafodbænd, hēafodbend (“headband”), equivaFrom Middle English *hedband, from Old English hēafodbænd, hēafodbend (“headband”), equivalent to head + band. Cognate with Old High German houbitbant (“headband”), Dutch hoofdband (“headband”).
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