bandstring

noun

noun

Etymology From band + string.

Historical, Obsolete Any of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels.

A pise of those Bandstrings--the more haste the less speed.1687, Aphra Behn, “The Lucky Chance”, in The Works of Aphra Behn Volume III:

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