How would you interpret “scant bandeau” here? A stout woman in a scant bandeau and espadrilles minced across the terrace. In Mexico she would have been a beauty of a certain type, but not here, I gathered. Tommy’s eyes tracked her too dramatically, like Charlie Chaplin in The Gold Rush. How would you interpret “scant bandeau” in the first sentence? I think the word “bandeau” means headband right? Because the novel was set in 1940s and there is a line on Wikipedia: In the first half of the 20th century, "bandeaux" were also popular headdresses in the form of headache bands or headbands. But I can’t make out the word “scant” here. How would you interpret it? Thanks! And this excerpt is taken from The Lacuna by Kingsolver.