wristband
(ˈrɪstbænd, † ˈrɪzbənd)
[f. wrist + band n.1]
1. a. The band or part of a sleeve (esp. of a shirt-sleeve) which covers or fastens about the wrist; a cuff or sleeve-band.
| 1571 in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 146 Skarfes, ffawchions, buskins, wrestbandes. 1611 Cotgr., Poignet de la chemise, the wrist-band, or gathering at the sleeue-hand, of a shirt. a 1625 Beaum. & Fl. Bloody Brother iv. ii, You'l..dip your wrist-bands, (For Cuffs y' have none) as comely in the sauce As any Courtier. 1697 Vanbrugh æsop ii. i, With that the Hands to pocket went, Full Wrist-band deep. 1752 Berkeley Th. Tar-water Wks. 1871 III. 500 Un⁓buttoning the neck and wristbands of his shirt. 1837 Dickens Pickw. xxx, Although his coat was short in the sleeves, it disclosed no vestige of a linen wrist-band. 1886 Tip Cat XVI. 208 He was keenly conscious of his old boots and crumpled wristbands. |
b. A band worn as a protector on the wrist. rare.
| 1882 Imp. Dict., Muffettee,..a wristband of fur or worsted worn by ladies. |
2. a. A bracelet or wristlet.
| 1585 Higins Junius' Nomencl. 252 Armilla,..a bracelet or wrist band. 1697 W. Dampier Voy. (1729) I. 365 A Silver Wrist-band, or Hoop to come about their Arms. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Brachiale (Lat.),..a Bracelet,..a Wrist-band. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 28 June 5/2 Wrist-bands, which are a revival of the beaded bracelets worn in early Victorian days, have been introduced. |
b. A band for shackling the wrist.
| 1884 Thompson Tumours of Bladder 17 The feet and hands [of the patient] are attached by anklets and wristbands. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 870 Strait-jackets are a survival of the dark ages, and leather wrist-bands and bandages abrade the skin. |
3. A bandage for fastening round the wrist; also, a wrist-plaster.
| 1663 Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. i. v. 94 The ligamentum latum, or wrist-band, that keeps the tendons..from inconveniently starting up. 1684 ― Porousn. Bodies iv. 32 Those [plasters] that Physicians call Pericarpia, or Wrist-bands. |
4. In sport, a strip of material worn round the wrist to absorb perspiration.
| 1969 New Yorker 14 June 68/3 Ashe wipes his forehead with his wristband. 1984 Oxford Times 29 Feb. 3/7 (Advt.), Headband and wristband pack—{pstlg}1.79. |