sash

UK/sæʃ/US/sæʃ/

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Other forms: sashes

A sash is a wide band of cloth tied around the waist. A silk sash, wear a sash, the mayor's sash.

Worn over the shoulder it marks office or honour — mayors, beauty queens and heads of state all use it for that. A sash window is a different word entirely, from French chassis, a frame. The cloth sense came from an Arabic word for muslin.

Definitions of sash

1nounsashA wide band of cloth tied around the waist.B2+
“The little girl wore a white dress with a pink silk sash tied in a bow at the back.”

sash is a band of cloth.

Where it comes from

From Arabic shash, muslin cloth. The sash window is a separate word, from French chassis, a frame.

Arabic
شَاش — muslin cloth
English, today
sash

From Arabic شَاش (“muslin cloth”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Clothes & Fashion

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sash in the wild

The sash and frame are also referred to as a window.
Window
The sash around the waist may be worn in daily attire, but the sash from shoulder to hip is typically only worn on ceremonial occasions.
Sash
An obi is a sash of varying size and shape worn with both traditional Japanese clothing and uniforms for Japanese martial arts styles.
Obi (sash)
A kabney is a silk sash worn as a part of the gho, the traditional male attire in Bhutan.
Kabney
Orange sash for Lyonpos (ministers and other members of the government).
Kabney

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