Obs. [var. of bonde, a ME. form of BOUND sb.] = BOUND, limit.
c. 1420. Avow. Arth., iii. None so hardi Durste bide in his bandus.
1470. Harding, Chron., x. vii. To let hym passe and ride Frely, where so they would withouten bande.
1470–85. Malory, Arthur, II. xvii. Thow passyst thy bandes to come this waye.
1523. Ld. Berners, Froiss., I. ccxxxii. 321. They haue … done many an yuell dede in the bandes of Tholous.
