BAND  , something which " binds " or fastens one thing to another, hence a See also:

• CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)

cord, rope or tie, e.g. the straps fastening the sheets to the back in See also:

• BOOK

book-binding . The word is a variant of " See also:

• BOND
• BOND, SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1815-1898)

bond," and is from the See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem of the See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic bindan, to bind . From the same source comes " See also:

• BEND

bend," properly to fasten the See also:

• STRING

string to the See also:

• BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow, so as to constrain and See also:

• CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve it, hence to make into the shape of a "See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

bent" bow, to curve . In the sense of "strap," a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

• STRIP

strip of material, properly for fastening anything, the word is ultimately of the same origin but comes directly into See also:

• ENGLISH

English from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French bande . In See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture the See also:

• TERM

term is applied to a sort of flat See also:

• FRIEZE

frieze or See also:

• FASCIA (Latin for a bandage or fillet)

fascia See also:

• RUNNING

running horizontally See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round a See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower or other parts of a See also:

• BUILDING

building, particularly the See also:

• BASE

base tables in perpendicular See also:

• WORK

work, commonly used with the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long shafts characteristic of the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . It generally has a bold, projecting moulding above and below, and is carved sometimes with foliages, but in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general with cusped circles or quatrefoils, in which frequently are See also:

• SHIELDS, JAMES (181b-1879)

shields of arms . The two small strips of See also:

• LINEN

linen, worn at the See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck as See also:

• PART

part of legal, clerical and See also:

• ACADEMIC

academic See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress, are known as "bands"; they are the survival of the falling See also:

• COLLAR

collar of the 17th century . These bands are usually of See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white linen, but the See also:

• SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

secular See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church See also:

• WEAR

wear See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black bands edged with white . The See also:

• LIGHT

light cardboard or chip boxes now used to carry millinery were formerly made to carry the neck-bands, whence the name of "band-See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box." In the sense of See also:

• COMPANY

company or See also:

• TROOP (an adaptation of Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope; cf. Ital. troppa, troppa; Med. Lat. truppus; the origin is doubtful; suggestions have been made that it represents a German conception of Latin turba, crowd, or is an adaptation of Norw. tarp, flock)

troop, " band " is probably also connected with bindan, to bind . It came into English from the French . The meaning seems to have originated in Romanic, cf . See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian, See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish and Portuguese See also:

• BANDA

banda, and thence came into Teutonic .

It has usually been taken (see See also:

• DUCANGE, VICTOR HENRI JOSEPH BRAHAIN (1783-1833)

Ducange, See also:

• GLOSS, GLOSSARY

Gloss. s.v. banda) to be due to the " band " or See also:

• SASH

sash of a particular See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour worn as a distinctive See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark by a troop of soldiers . Others refer it to the See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval Latin bandurn, banner, a strip or " band " of See also:

• CLOTH

cloth fastened to a See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

pole . In this sense the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief application is to a company of musicians (see See also:

• ORCHESTRA (Fr. Orchestre; Ger. Kapelle, Orchester; Ital. Orchestra)

ORCHESTRA), particularly when used in armies or navies, a military band . Military Bands.—In all countries bands are organized and maintained in each See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment or See also:

• BATTALION

battalion if the latter is the unit . The strength of these bands and the number and nature of their See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments vary considerably, as also do the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank and status of the bandmaster . The buglers and drummers belonging to the companies are generally massed under the sergeant-drummer and on the See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march See also:

• PLAY

play alternately with the band . In See also:

• ACTION

action the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom is to use the bandsmen as stretcher-bearers, but on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe the bands are as far as possible kept in See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand under the regimental commanders and play the troops into action; and in all countries the available bands, drums and bugles are ordered to play during the final See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault . The training of bandmasters for the British service is carried out at See also:

• KNELLER, SIR GODFREY (1648-1723)

Kneller See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, See also:

• HOUNSLOW

Hounslow, an institution founded in 1857 and placed under See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in 1867 . The See also:

• AVERAGE

average strength of the various classes of See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument in the band of a British See also:

• LINE

line regiment has been stated as—twenty flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons, four horns, eight saxhorns, six trumpets and cornets, three trombones, two drums . The buglers and drummers are in the proportion of one of each per company . The See also:

• SAXOPHONE (Ger. Saxophon, Ital. sassofone)

saxophone, which is the characteristic instrument of military bands in other countries, has not found favour with the British authorities . Another specially military instrument, universal in the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army and more or less See also:

• COMMON

common to others, is the so-called " Jingling Johnny," a See also:

• FRAME

frame of small bells that is sharply shaken in the accented parts of the See also:

• MUSIC

music .

The " See also:

• GLOCKENSPIEL, or ORCHESTRAL BELLS (Fr. carillon; Ger. Glockenspiel, Stahlharmonika; Ital. carnpanelli; Med. Lat. tintinnabulum, cymbalum, bombulum)

glockenspiel " is also fairly common . The See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar instrument of Scottish regiments is the bagpipes . See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

Cavalry, and more rarely See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps in the various armies, have small bands . The mounted arms, however, have little need of music as compared with the infantry, the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order and ease of whose marching See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers are immensely enhanced by the music of a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good regimental band . In the navies of various countries bands are maintained on See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag-See also:

• SHIPS

ships and sometimes on board other large ships .