cummerbund
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- noun
- /ˈkʌmərˌbʌnd/
:
cinturón
- At the wedding, every groomsman was required to have a matching cummerbund.
- tie and cummerbund
- bow tie and cummerbund
- wear a cummerbund
Examples
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He'd found a tuxedo, but the pants were too short; the cummerbund cut into his stomach.
Fiction book (2001) -
The camera widens to reveal a trail of clothes leading down the courtyard path through the church's outer gates: dark pants, cummerbund, suspenders, tailed jacket, bow tie, dress shirt, and shoes.
Fiction book (1999) -
That is the cost of hire, sir, though the cummerbund is extra.
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Help yourself to a cummerbund.
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I spread out a newspaper and sat on the bed as my father, the best man, attached my brother's cummerbund.
Fiction book (2002) -
His satin cummerbund gleamed in the sun.
Fiction book (2000) -
Put on your cummerbund.
Fiction book (1999) -
Waiters dressed in white dinner coats and cummerbunds moved between tables.
Fiction book (1998) -
Jimmie John wore a white tuxedo jacket and slacks with Pat Boone shoes and a matching Beatitudes bow tie and cummerbund.
Fiction book (1996) -
He wore a black cummerbund with his tuxedo for the formal event.
Synonyms
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A long strip of cloth worn around the waist or shoulder to decorate clothes
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Etymology
Cummerbund comes from the Hindi/Urdu word kamarband, from kamar 'waist' and band 'band' or 'tie'. So a cummerbund literally means 'waist-band', which is why it is a wide sash worn around the waist with formal evening dress.