Also 7 bandelette. [a. F. bandelette, dim. of OF. bandele little band. Cf. BANDLET.] A small band, streak or fillet; in Arch. a small flat molding, encompassing a column.
1647. W. Browne, Polex., 99. The fairest Princesse that hath ever worne the sacred Bandelette of the Incas.
1696. in Phillips.
1751. Earl Orrery, On Swift, 89 (T.). The longer he wore the diadem, the bandelet still became more tight and irksome.
1863. R. Hill, Jamaica Seas. Notes, 194. The fish … is roseate in colour, varied with bandelets.
