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A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
Answer for the clue "A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers ", 4 letters:
sash
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Word definitions for sash in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
strip of cloth, 1590s, originally in reference to Oriental dress, "strip of cloth twisted into a turban," from Arabic shash "muslin cloth." Meaning "strip of cloth worn about the waist or over the shoulder" first recorded 1680s.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sash \Sash\, n. [F. ch[^a]ssis a frame, sash, fr. ch[^a]sse a shrine, reliquary, frame, L. capsa. See Case a box.] The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes. In a sawmill, the ...
Usage examples of sash.
And at length emerges the little aigrette of silver flowers, the ebony coiffure, the gray silk robe and mauve sash of Mademoiselle Jasmin, my fiancee!
Gold aiguillettes adorned both shoulders, and an electric blue sash slashed across his chest.
I offered the flechette pistol to Alem but he gestured for me to keep it and showed me how to tuck it in one of the multiple sashes of the long, crimson robe.
He already had his hands on the top of the sash, alout to push the window down and cut off the flow of cold air, when he became aware of what had probably awakened him.
The whole relief of the costume was white: white sash, white cuffs turned back, white collar, white rosette and band, white and red bandeau, and the faint glitter of a white shirt.
It was loosely lashed about her waist with a behen, a long woolen sash wrapped above her hips.
No, sir, those boyos were used to desert robes like in the movies and long-curved knives under their belts, not fancy dan sashes around their waists.
The Capataz had a red sash wound many times round his waist, and a heavy silver ring on the forefinger of the hand he raised to give a twist to his moustache.
Comandante Dictator-Designate Franco Milhous Caudillo wore a Ruritanian uniform, quite threadbare but encrusted with medals, tarnished gold braid, sashes, epaulets and crossed bandoliers full of spent cartridge cases.
There were jewelled stars and enamelled crosses worn on sashes of brilliant silk, and all lit by the glittering chandeliers which had been hoisted to the ceiling with their burdens of fine white candles.
Known as the Exon force, after the crucial two percent of human DNA that actually contains genetic information, they sported metallic silver sashes over their crimson uniforms.
He smoothed down the silver sash across his chest, which he had donned in solidarity with his loyal Exon warriors.
The black spy eye, hovering just above the gated doorway all this time, now swooped to the open sash and disappeared into the rain.
She wore a cross sash of blue and green plaid, and a saber girded to her hip.
I squeezed along the bench when my time came, and managed not to catch my sash on the altar rail, but my thoughts were remote as I grasped the beaker of hymnal wine for the first time and Father Francis recited the promises of heaven.