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cummerband

cummerband is the obsolete spelling of cummerbund.

Meaning of cummerbund

Noun

cummerbund (plural cummerbunds)

  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...1809 March 6, “Embassy to Cabul, No. II. Description of the Introduction to His Majesty the King of Cabul, of the British Attendants on Mr. Elphinstone, in His Embassy to the King of that Country.”...

Forms of cummerband

pluralcummerbands

Questions about cummerband

What is cummerband the obsolete spelling of?
Cummerband is the obsolete spelling of cummerbund.

Words near cummerband in the dictionary

  1. cumloads
  2. cumm
  3. Cummaquid
  4. cummed
  5. cummer
  6. cummerband
  7. cummerbands
  8. cummerbund
  9. cummerbunded
  10. cummerbunds
  11. cummers

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