Great length of body is not good; the back should be short and level.
— from Dogs and All about Them by Robert Leighton

325 Baton of drum-major, 241 — — Field-Marshal, 223 Beadle, dress of, 147 , 264 — in Punch and Judy, 147 , 262 , 264 [371] Beads as currencies, 113 — blue popo, worth their weight in gold, 113 — early used in England, 112 — from Egypt, 113 — of the prehistoric Egyptians, 112 — still fashionable, 112 Beagle , H.M.S., voyage of, 11 Beard of Edward II, 130 — — — III, 129 Beards, closely shaved by Normans, 129 — — — in Edward IV’s time, 130 — cut by Romans, 129 — parted or trimmed by Saxons, 129 Bedford, Duchess of, riding habit of, 251 Bedgown, woman executed in a, 290 Beefeaters, cap of, 168 Bells as ornaments, derived from flowers, 314 Belt of groom, 140 — — — origin of, 139 Belts, Dr. Cantlie on the use of, 356 — worn by navvies, 329 Bernard, on blowing the nose on the chasuble, 195 Bhurtpore, battle of, 244 Bib, 150 — of infant, 167 Bibliography, 363 - 7 Bigg, Mr. Heather, on the erect position of man, 330 , 331 — — — — — rapid loss of beauty in native girls, 328 — — — — — use of stays, 326 , 327 Billet, sign of the Crooked, 146 Binder of infant, 163 Biretta, evolution of, 213 Bishop, hat of, 214 , 214 — method of buttoning trousers, 252 — rochet, chimere, and lawn sleeves of,
— from The Heritage of Dress: Being Notes on the History and Evolution of Clothes by Wilfred Mark Webb