Obs. A rope of hay or straw made by twisting the material round the thumb.
1639. T. de Gray, Compl. Horsem., 85. Take of the hay … making a thum-band thereof, rowle it about the leg.
1707. Mortimer, Husb. (1721), II. 78. Tie Thumb-bands of Hay or Straw round them.
1725. Bradley’s Fam. Dict., s.v. String Halt, Wisp him with a soft Thumb-Band of Hay, from the Pastern to the Top of the Hoof.
