gumband en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɡʌmbænd/
Etymology
From gum + band.
Meanings
-
(Pennsylvania, Western) Synonym of rubber band.
Some of the guns were made “automatic” by carving extra notches, making it possible to load two or three gumbands at a time. The epitome was the machine gun, a long board with five or six notches — a strip of cloth would be stretched over them, then the gumbands on top of it.
1993, Walter Buzz Storey, Stories of Uniontown and Fayette County, page 193:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gumbands | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hyponyms
elastic band · lacky band · elastic