Assertion: cummerbund | /r/HasProperty | adopted by british military officers
Facets:
value: in colonial india
type: LOCATION
value: as an alternative to a waistcoat
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The cummerbund was first adopted by British military officers in colonial India as an alternative to a waistcoat, and later spread to civilian use.
text: The cummerbund was first adopted by British military officers in colonial India as an alternative to a waistcoat, and later spread to civilian use.
text: The cummerbund originated in Persia and was adopted by British military officers in colonial India, where they saw it worn by sepoys (Indian soldiers) of the British Indian Army.[citation needed]