From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
banded
adj 1: identified with a band especially around a leg; "kept watch
for the return of their banded birds" [ant:
unbanded]
2: marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture;
"a banded rock"
3: characterized by a band of especially white around the body;
"banded cattle"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, {checked,
checkered}, dappled, mottled, {dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled}, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, {pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal)}, slashed, streaked, spotted,
sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Band \Band\ (b[a^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Banding.]
1. To bind or tie with a band.
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2. To mark with a band.
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3. To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. "Banded
against his throne." --Milton.
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Banded architrave, Banded pier, Banded shaft, etc.
(Arch.), an architrave, pier, shaft, etc., of which the
regular profile is interrupted by blocks or projections
crossing it at right angles.
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