[ad. Irish bannlamh cubit, f. bann measure + lamh hand, arm.] An Irish measure of two feet in length.
1623. in Cockeram.
1672. Petty, Pol. Anat. (1691), 98. Seventeen Bandles make a Man’s Suit, and twelve make a Cloak. [Still in 1865 used in Bandon, co. Cork.]
