steelband

English

Steelband playing at the 2WALKandCYCLE Conference 2016

Etymology

From steel +‎ band.

Noun

steelband (plural steelbands)

1. A band in which all musicians play steelpans.
   • 1991, George Goddard, Forty years in the steelbands, 1939-1979, page 120:

     The steelband movement has always had an attraction for "smartmen" — men who saw the movement as something to be exploited.

   • 1995, Stephen Stuempfle, The Steelband Movement: The Forging of a National Art in Trinidad, →ISBN:

     The steelband movement today remains a vital and influential part of the artistic life of Trinidad and Tobago

   • 2004, Milla Cozart Riggio, Carnival: Culture in Action – The Trinidad Experience, →ISBN, page 204:

     The Nigerian army has a steelband, as do the Dutch police service and as did, until 1999, the US Navy.

Anagrams

• bandelets, end tables