Etymology

Noun

1. A band for the hair.

   She wore a bandeau in her hair.

2. A band.
3. A brassiere, especially when narrow or strapless; a top made from a narrow band of fabric.

Quotations

• 1998: AANS Publications Committee: Setti S. Rengachary, MD, and Edward C. Benzel, MD, Calvarial and Dural Reconstruction: Neurosurgical Topics

  The frontal bandeau is then elevated en bloc. A Bi on BC1 (Midas Rex) bit is used to create the osteotomies circumferentially.

• 1999: Bill C. Terry, Maxime Champy, Franz Härle, et al, Atlas of Craniomaxillofacial Osteosynthesis: miniplates, microplates, and screws

  The supraorbital bandeau is fixed to the nasal structure by a titanium [...]

  This bandeau is fixed by microplates. The median bone strip is fixed to the [...]

• 2002: Raoul d'Harcourt, Textiles of Ancient Peru and Their Techniques

  Fragment of a wool cap, of which only the bandeau is well preserved. It is made in square knotting in alternate directions (see Fig. 79).