A protective case or container designed to hold and protect a musical band's instruments or equipment during transport.
Compound word from 'band' (musical group) plus 'case' (container). This is a practical 19th-century coinage for the growing need to transport orchestral and band equipment.
The word 'bandcase' is practically extinct now, replaced by 'instrument case' and 'flight case'—it's a reminder that specialized vocabulary disappears when the item or profession evolves.
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