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sash Hist. 
n. a belt or waistband, often of worsted and of bright design, as the L'Assomption sash, characteristic of French Canada and long identified with the voyageurs and Métis. [See picture at L'Assomption sash.]
See also: belt (def. 2) ceinture Indian sash L'Assomption sash (and picture) Red River belt scarf-belt voyageur sash
- 1791 (1911) The habitants call it [a hooded coat] a capitshaw, and their coats are tied round with a coloured worsted sash.
- 1801 (1933) . . . Cadottes . . . overtook them before noon . . . [and] they restored the Sash. . . .
- 1961 Then he gave to each of the older men a suit of underwear and the younger, a toque, pair of mittens and a sash.
- 1791 (1911) The habitants call it [a hooded coat] a capitshaw, and their coats are tied round with a coloured worsted sash.