bandagiste, n.m., truss-maker.
bande, n.f., band, belt, strip; company; gang; set of people, crew; flight; troop; (her.) bend; (arch.) fascia, string; (anat.) tract. — de papier; a slip of paper, wrapper. La — d’une selle; the side bar of a saddle. La — d’un billard; the cushion of a billiard-table. Une — de voleurs; a gang of thieves. Ces oiseaux vont par —s; those birds go in companies. Faire — à part; to keep apart. Donner à la —; (nav.) to heel. Demi-—; parliament-heel of a ship. Sous —; under wrapper.
bandé, -e, part., bandaged, taut, stretched; (her.) bendy.
bandeau, n.m., headband, fillet, frontlet, bandage; veil, mist; (arch.) string-course. Avoir un — sur les yeux; to be blindfolded. En —x; (of the hair) plain.
bandelette, n.f., little band, string, fillet; (surg.) fascia; (arch.) bandelet.
bander, v.a., to bind up; to tighten, to bend; to bandy (at tennis); (arch.) to lay the stones of an arch. — une plaie; to bind up a wound. — la caisse; to run away. Se — la tête; to bind up one’s head. Se — les yeux; to blindfold one’s self.
bander, v.n., to be stretched, tight, taut.
☉se bander, v.r., to oppose, to resist.
bandereau (ban-dro), n.m., trumpet-sling.
banderole (ban-drol), n.f., banderole, streamer, pennant; shoulder-belt.