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ərˌbʌnd noun
a wide sash worn at the waist, especially a horizontally pleated one worn with a tuxedo.
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| —n | |
| a wide sash, worn with a dinner jacket | |
| [C17: from Hindi kamarband, from Persian, from kamar loins, waist + band band] | |
| kummerbund or kummerbund | |
| —n | |
| [C17: from Hindi kamarband, from Persian, from kamar loins, waist + band band] | |
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cummerbund
1616, from Hindi kamarband "loin band," from Pers. kamar "waist" + band "something that ties," from Avestan banda- "bond, fetter," from PIE base *bhendh- "to bind" (see bend).
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