mourning band

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsweed

   Broaderband

Questions about mourning band

What does mourning band mean?

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

What is another word for mourning band?

Close synonyms include weed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mourning band a common word?

mourning band is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.