Ban-dăn'ă or Ban-dăn'nā, n.
n. [Sp. bandaña, from bandaño, a neckerchief made of bast.]
Sense 1. A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white figures of a circular or lozenge form, made by discharging the color.
Sense 2. A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced on a red or dark ground, by discharging the color. Ure.