unbanded
English
Etymology
un- + banded
Adjective
unbanded (not comparable)
- Lacking a band or string; not fastened.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
- your bonnet unbanded
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- Not marked with a band or stripe.
- unbanded owls
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unbanded under unbaned in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)