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noun
noun
- a wide sash worn at the waist, especially a horizontally pleated one worn with a tuxedo.
noun
- a variant spelling of cummerbund
noun
- a wide sash, worn with a dinner jacket
1610s, from Hindi kamarband “loin band,” from Persian kamar “waist” + band “something that ties,” from Avestan banda- “bond, fetter,” from PIE root *bhendh- “to bind” (see bend (v.)).