In the East the principle of health is to keep the head cool and the stomach warm; the turban protects the one from the sun, and the cummerbund ensures the other against changes of temperature.
In India the cummerbund consists of many folds of muslin or bright-coloured cloth.
Dick went as red as the cummerbund about his waist, and felt horribly confused.
For this rotund and jolly-looking individual was dressed in immaculate white, with an enormously broad red cummerbund about his middle, making his vast girth even more noticeable.
After European weapons and knives--these are readily adopted by all who can afford them--the first thing taken is the belt with a buckle, instead of the cummerbund or waistshawl.
It is, however, open to question whether this innovation is an improvement, for in a climate with such great variations of temperature as that of Afghanistan the cummerbund is an excellent protection to the abdominal organs.
Drying one's self on one's cummerbund is not pure joy, but it can be done when you put your mind to it.
She sate upon her Dobie, She heard the Nimmak hum, When all at once a cry arose, "The Cummerbund is come!
He took a simple wooden cigarette-case from his cummerbund and held it out to his friend; they lit their cigarettes and sat smoking in an intolerable silence.
I wish I had the cummerbund which I lent poor Stuart.
It is on the point of rock on our right front,--poor old Stuart with my red cummerbund round his head just the same as we left him.
It is on the point of rock on our right front--poor old Stuart with my red cummerbund round his head just the same as we left him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cummerbund" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
