Cummerbund
//ˈkʌməbʌnd// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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.
"All this splendor was set off by a black shawl kummerbund, and blackish upper vest of the cloth called keem-khab, embroidered with large gold leaves. The vest was made like those of all other Mahomedans, but the lower part of it stuck out as you see painted in Indian prints, and altogether destroyed his figure; and the kummerbund was large and heavy."
- 2 a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo wordnet
Synonyms
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More examples"Did you know that the proper way to wear a cummerbund is with the pleats facing upward?"
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani کمر بند / कमरबंद (kamarband), from Classical Persian کمربند (kamarband), from کمر (kamar, “waist”) + بند (band, “band”).
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