Home › Words › H › hatbandhatbandhatband · noun — A band fastened around a hat.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, hatband ranks #36,432 of 42,870 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom hat + band.nounA band fastened around a hat.e.g.“Yᵉ cast skin of an Addar is an excellent remedie to draw out a Thorne, out of ones flesh. The Sussexians doe weare them for Hatt-bands, wᶜʰ they say doe preserve them from the gripeing of the Gutts” — 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 38:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).