cummerband

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A form of cummerbund — A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as around a man's waist together with a tuxedo or dinner jacket.

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Meanings

nouncummerband (plural cummerbands)

plural cummerbands

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of cummerbund.
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    Richard Middlemas, as the Begum's general or Buckshee, walked nearest to her litter, in a dress as magnificent in itself as it was remote from all European costume, being that of a Banka, or Indian courtier. […] The vest was of gold brocade, with a cummerband, or sash, around his waist, corresponding to his turban.

    1827, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in Chronicles of the Canongate; […], volume II (The Surgeon’s Daughter), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC, page 353
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