Bound or fastened with a band.Having bands; crossed or encircled by a band or bands; specifically, in heraldry, encircled with a band, often of a different color from the sheaf or bundle which it surrounds: as, a bundle of lances proper, banded gules, or the like.In mineralogy, the structure of a mineral made up of a series of layers, usually parallel and differing in color or texture, as onyx.United as in a band.