1. a band of cloth, leather, or other material around the base of a hat’s crown

Examples

• The cowboy’s hat had a leather hatband with silver studs.
• She adjusted the colorful hatband on her sun hat.
• The fedora featured a simple black hatband.
• He tucked a feather into his hatband for decoration.
• The hatband was made of braided horsehair.
• A thin silk hatband completed the elegant look of the top hat.