bandboxes

Noun

bandbox (plural bandboxes)

1. A box of lightweight construction (e.g. cardboard, thin wood) for carrying hats or other apparel items.
   • There is a dangerous freshness in the hues / Of the new bonnets which that day produces / Bright from the bandbox, be they greens or blues; / The aspect of a new pelisse conduces / To gazings which the gazer often rues.1836, Francis Egerton Earl of Ellesmere, Town and Country, page 6
2. A small baseball park conducive to scoring home runs.