Obs. rare–1. [? for banden; cf. BAND sb.2 10 b, BANDY a. 1.] Of cloth: To shrink unevenly, so that tight inelastic ‘bands’ occur here and there across the piece.
1552. Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI., 6 § 1 (Ruffhead) When the clothes so made, be put in the water to try them, they rise out … in some place narrower than some, beside such cockeling, bandoning, and divers … notable Faults.
