Band

1. v. t. Pledge; security.
2. v. t. A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.
3. v. t. A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.
4. v. t. In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
5. v. t. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
6. v. t. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
7. v. t. Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
8. v. t. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.
9. v. t. A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.
10. v. t. A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals.
11. 1v. t. 1 Pledge; security.
12. 1v. t. 1 A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.