Banding

Part of speech: noun, verb

Pronunciation: /ˈbændɪŋ/

Definitions

1. The method pertains to the creation of linear patterns or stripes on surfaces, often serving decorative or functional uses, typically in crafts or design work
2. The process involves applying strips or lines of material for decorative or functional purposes, frequently found in artistic endeavors and design practices
3. This technique is used to form or enhance patterns on surfaces through the application of bands, which can be aesthetic or utilitarian in nature

Etymology: "Banding" is formed from "band" plus the suffix "-ing," a combination so ordinary that it hardly seems to need explaining. The suffix descends from an Old English form, "-ung," which turned into Middle English "-ynge" and eventually the modern "-ing" that English uses to turn verbs into nouns describing an action or its result. So "banding" is simply the act or result of banding things together, and the decorative sense of stripes grew out of that idea of a set of bands laid side by side. The noun "band" itself is the part worth a closer look, because the source links it to more than one English word. It is ambiguous whether "band" is connected to "bond," to "music," or to "bandy," and the word's exact path into English is not settled, so the most useful way to think about it is as a basic word meaning a strip or tie that binds things together.

Synonyms: strapping, binding, taping, wrapping, coupling