Home › Words › W › witherbandwitherbandwitherband means A piece of iron fixed in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow.EtymologyFrom wither(s) + band.nounA piece of iron fixed in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow.e.g.“Bsides these two great bands, the fore-box has a small one called the wither-band, and a crescent to keep up the wither arch.” — 1766, Thomas Wallis, The Farrier's and Horseman's Complete Dictionary:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).