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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Banderoll, Bandroll, n. Also: banderl, bandrell, bendroll, -role. [e.m.E. bandrol(e, mod. banderol(e, F. banderole, but in Sc. chiefly misused in the sense of bandolier.]
1. A long narrow flag or pennon.1562 Treas. Acc. XI. 245.
Thre elnis of reid tafeteis of the corde to be ane banderoll
2. = Bandelier n.1598 Edinb. Test. XXXI. 322 (ane bandrell). 1598 Acts IV. 169/1 (ane muscat with forcat, bendrole, and heid pece). 1600 Ib. 191/1 (the hagbute with ane flask or band roll). 1626 Aberd. B. Rec. IIII. 5 (utheres with muskates and bendrolles). 1688 Rec. Old Aberd. I. 147 (tuo swords and tuo banderls).
