Geneva bands
FORMAL NECKWEAR CONSISTING OF TWO OBLONG PIECES OF CLOTH TIED AT THE NECK, WORN WITH SOME FORMS OF CLERICAL, JUDICIAL, AND ACADEMIC DRESS
Preaching bands; Bands (neck); Band (neckwear); Preaching tabs; Falling band collar; Barrister's bands; Barrister bands; Geneva bands
¦ plural noun two white cloth strips attached to the collar of some Protestants' clerical dress.
Origin
from Geneva in Switzerland, where orig. worn by Calvinists.