cummerbund
A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of…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.
» He's wearing a cummerbund.
Er trägt einen Kummerbund.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
Kummerbund
широ́кий по́яс под смо́кингомširókij pójas pod smókingom, куша́кkušák, ле́нта-по́ясlénta-pójas
a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
Examples
2 sentencesHe's wearing a cummerbund.
deEr trägt einen Kummerbund.
Did you know that the proper way to wear a cummerbund is with the pleats facing upward?
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Borrowed from Hindustani کمر بند / कमरबंद (kamarband), from Classical Persian کمربند (kamaBorrowed from Hindustani کمر بند / कमरबंद (kamarband), from Classical Persian کمربند (kamarband), from کمر (kamar, “waist”) + بند (band, “band”).
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