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CUMMERBUND

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 628 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CUMMERBUND , a See also:

girdle or waistbelt (See also:Hindostani kamar-See also:band, a See also:loin-band). In the See also:East the principle of See also:health is to keep the See also:head cool and the See also:stomach warm; the See also:turban protects the one from the See also:sun, and the cummerbund ensures the other against changes of temperature. In See also:India the cummerbund consists of many folds of See also:muslin or See also:bright-coloured See also:cloth.

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