† ˈthumb-band Obs.
A rope of hay or straw made by twisting the material round the thumb.
| 1639 T. de la Grey Compl. Horsem. 85 Take of the hay..making a thum-band thereof, rowle it about the leg. 1707 Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 78 Tie Thumb-bands of Hay or Straw round them. 1725 Bradley's Fam. Dict. s.v. String Halt, Wisp him with a soft Thumb-Band of Hay, from the Pastern to the Top of the Hoof. |