Anglo-Ind. Forms: 7 combar-, commer-, 8 cumber-, 8–9 cummerband, 9 cummer-, kummerbund. [Urdū and Pers. kamar-band, i.e., loin-band.] A sash or girdle worn round the waist; a waist-belt.
1616. R. Cocks, Diary (Hakl. Soc. 1883), I. 147 (Y.). A sample of gallic pottes … chint bramport, and combarbands, with the prices.
1687. Lond. Gaz., No. 2269/2. 234 pieces of Commerbands with Gold Flowers.
1792. Hist., in Ann. Reg., 193. Uniform turbans and cumber-bands.
c. 1813. Mrs. Sherwood, Ayah & Lady, ix. 53. Shumsheer had a cummerbund, of rose-coloured muslin.
1869. E. A. Parkes, Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3), 410. The necessity of cholera belts or kummerbunds is avoided.
