cummerband
English
Noun
cummerband (plural cummerbands)
- Dated form of cummerbund.
- 1827, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in Chronicles of the Canongate; [...] In Two Volumes, volume II (The Surgeon’s Daughter), Edinburgh: Printed [by Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, OCLC 230674472, page 353:
- 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.
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