[f. WIND sb.1 + BAND sb.3] A band of wind-instruments, as a military band; the wind of an orchestra.
1876. [see WIND sb.1 12 b].
1894. Kappey, Milit. Mus., 87. The introduction of the clarinet into wind-bands. Ibid., 88. The event which had the greatest influence upon the progress of wind-bands was the French Revolution.
