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Meanings of mourning band in English

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braçal de dol

A black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning.

        braçal de dol

        Symbol of mourning in Western culture.

              Synonyms
              Examples for "black armband"
              Examples for "black armband"
              1
              Please take note, wearing a black armband tomorrow is NOT illegal.
              The South African
              2
              Tobiasson-Svartman noticed that he was wearing a black armband on his left arm.
              Depths
              3
              He was wearing a black armband and his face was wet with tears.
              Death Trance
              4
              I was wearing a black armband for someone I knew.
              The Guardian
              5
              Dad wore a black armband and a red bow tie.
              Black Deutschland
              Usage of mourning band in English
              1
              A man with a mourning band on his sleeve carried a wailing child.
              The Amazing Interlude
              2
              He's wearing a black mourning band on his left arm and seems dazed.
              Under the dome: a novel
              3
              And a black satin tie and a top hat with a deep mourning band.
              The History of Mr. Polly
              4
              He, too, wore a silk hat, and it generally had a three-inch mourning band.
              A Little Girl in Old New York
              5
              His silk hat carried a broad mourning band, and his hands were encased in black kid gloves.
              The Lever: A Novel
              6
              He wore his usual tall silk hat, to which he had added a wide mourning band in memory of Willie.
              A. lincoln: a biography
              7
              At the funeral of a near relative, a man wears black, including gloves, and a mourning band around his hat.
              Etiquette
              8
              He sat down near the tea-table opposite Mrs. Bergmann, holding his top hat, which had a slight mourning band round it, in his hand.
              Orpheus in Mayfair, and Other Stories and Sketches
              9
              Just before she merged into its pace and disappeared in the crowd, Arthur caught a glimpse of a black mourning band round her arm.
              The sherlockian
              10
              Taking his portrait, from top to toe, the picture of him began with a tall hat, broadly encircled by a mourning band of crumpled crape.
              No Name
              11
              Heat immediately noticed the plainclothes detective's badge, the state police's distinctive "golden stop sign," which had a mourning band across it just like hers.
              Raging Heat
              Translations for mourning band