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An endband along the top edge of the book (as a book is standing upright) is called a headband, and one along the bottom edge is called a tailband. An endband, more so the headband, helps to resist the strain placed on the book when shelved upright with the spine facing outward, especially as it is common to pull a book out by hooking a finger ...
An umqhele ([umǃʰɛle], plural imiqhele) [1] is a traditional Zulu circular headband made of fur. [2] Imiqhele were worn by Zulu men prior to colonization of South Africa, especially by soldiers and elites, [3] and are worn by male members of the Nazareth Baptist Church. [4] They are also worn by Ndebele people, who make them from the tails ...
A wreath worn for purpose of attire (in English, a "chaplet"; [1] Ancient Greek: στέφανος, romanized: stéfanos, Latin: corona), [2] is a headdress or headband made of leaves, grasses, flowers or branches. It is typically worn on celebrations, festive occasions and holy days, having a long history and association with ancient pageants ...
Iranian king wearing headband A hard plastic headband, or Alice band Baby wearing a headband. A headband or hairband [1] is a clothing accessory worn in the hair or around the forehead, usually to hold hair away from the face or eyes. Headbands generally consist of a loop of elastic material or a horseshoe-shaped piece of flexible plastic or ...
The term ferronnière for describing such headbands was probably coined in the early nineteenth century. Merriam-Webster date the earliest use of the term to 1831, [4] and the Oxford English Dictionary notes that their record of the earliest usage of the term is located in a mid-19th-century publication called World of Fashion. [5]
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The origin of the hachimaki is uncertain, but the most common theory states that they originated as headbands used by samurai, worn underneath the kabuto to protect the wearer from cuts [1] and to absorb sweat. [2] Inspired by samurai, kamikaze pilots in World War II wore hachimaki while flying to their deaths. [3]
Later, in medieval times, a fillet was a type of headband worn by unmarried women, usually with a wimple or barbette. [3] This is indicated in the sign language of some monks (who took oaths of silence), wherein a sweeping motion across the brow, in the shape of a fillet, indicated an unmarried woman.