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Definition of Cumberbund
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cumberbund
Literary usage of Cumberbund
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Baptist Missionary Magazine by Executive Committee, Baptist General Convention, American Baptist Missionary Union, Board of Managers (1839)
"Around the loins, another cloth was bound, called a cumberbund. On this cumberbund
were hung all around, other beautiful cloths, folded narrow, ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1851)
"... of crimson and gold brocade, a cumberbund, composed of a Cashmere shawl wound
round his waist, ..."
3. Historical and Descriptive Account of British India, from the Most Remote by Hugh Murray (1832)
"The colours displayed in the turban and cumberbund are usually those which in
Europe would constitute the livery. For the reasons already mentioned, ..."
4. The Wild Tribes of the Soudan: An Account of Travel and Sport Chiefly in the by Frank Linsly James (1883)
"... and wound a magenta cumberbund round his waist. He was greatly delighted with
his appearance as displayed in a looking-glass we gave him. ..."
5. The Romance of the Harem by Anna Harriette Leonowens (1873)
"He slowly drew out from his cumberbund a glittering knife, and his expression
became exultant as he felt its sharp edge. ..."
6. The Old Forest Ranger; Or, Wild Sports of India on the Neilgherry Hills, in by Walter Campbell (1869)
"So saying, Ishmail drew his heavy tulwar, or native sword,—and wrapping his
cumberbund tightly round his left arm, to act as a shield in case of necessity, ..."
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