hat-band

Cremation was more widely accepted and as Richard Davey noted in 1889, men no longer wore "full black for a fixed number of months after the decease of a near relation, and even content themselves with a black hat-band and dark-coloured garments."

Archive 2008-06-01 2008

Cremation was more widely accepted and as Richard Davey noted in 1889, men no longer wore "full black for a fixed number of months after the decease of a near relation, and even content themselves with a black hat-band and dark-coloured garments."

Victorian Funerals and Mourning 2008

He appears to be an idealized farmer of the prairies, but has so little real character that he must be labeled 'Canada' on his hat-band.

In Search of the Canadian Dream 2004

He appears to be an idealized farmer of the prairies, but has so little real character that he must be labeled 'Canada' on his hat-band.

In Search of the Canadian Dream 2004

They accordingly followed his advice, and found the abbe in his morning gown and slippers, with three huge nightcaps on his head, and a crape hat-band tied over the middle of his face, by way of bandage to his nose.

The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom 2004

His crape hat-band had put itself in brown mourning for its own bereavement of black.

No Name 2003

The rest of his costume, except for some bright yellow gloves, a grey and blue mixture tie, and that the broad crape hat-band was changed for a livelier piece of silk, were the things he had worn at the funeral of his father.

The History of Mr. Polly 2003

Even though the feather in the hat-band was sadly draggled, the headgear, cocked at a jaunty angle, gave him a dashing air he couldn't have got without it.

Rulers of the Darkness Turtledove, Harry 2002

On this hat there was a tourist-type hat-band, bright and distinctly legible.

In The Frame Francis, Dick 1976

He appears to be an idealized farmer of the prairies, but has so little real character that he must be labeled 'Canada' on his hat-band.

The Canadian Type 1969