Wristbanding

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Material for making shirt cuffs. uncountable

    "If any Shirts should be found to want new wristbanding or collaring let it be done with rather purer cloth than that of the shirt itself — especially wristbanding."

  2. 2
    The process of putting a wristband on a person. uncountable

    "The 70,000 number, though, was arrived at only after the refugees had been in place in refugee camps for seven to eight weeks, and was obtained by means of a large wristbanding exercise in which every single refugee had a non-removable wristband put on in one day."

Example

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"If any Shirts should be found to want new wristbanding or collaring let it be done with rather purer cloth than that of the shirt itself — especially wristbanding."

Etymology

From wristband + -ing.

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