bandbox

noun

Etymology

From band + box.

  1. derived from Boxenstopp
  2. derived from pyxis
  3. derived from buxis
  4. inherited from *buhsā
  5. inherited from box
  6. inherited from box — “container, box, cup
  7. compounded as bandbox — “band + box

Definitions

  1. A box of lightweight construction (e.g. cardboard, thin wood) for carrying hats or other…

    A box of lightweight construction (e.g. cardboard, thin wood) for carrying hats or other apparel items.

    • There is a dangerous freshness in the hues / Of the new bonnets which that day produces / Bright from the bandbox, be they greens or blues; / The aspect of a new pelisse conduces / To gazings which the gazer often rues.
    • On the evening of Easter Sunday the gypsies of Southern Europe take a wooden vessel like a band-box, which rests cradle-wise on two cross pieces of wood.
  2. A small baseball park conducive to scoring home runs.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA