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The bund was about four hundred yards long, and we lay at intervals of five yards or so, leaving a big gap at one end.

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  1. noun An embankment or dike, especially in India.
  2. noun A street running along a harbor or waterway, especially in the Far East.
  3. noun An association, especially a political association.
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  • He was wrapped up in a long web of white linen, or cotton cloth, called, I think, his cummer-bund, or waist-cloth. —  The Lieutenant and Commander
  • Quote introducing the article "As Representative of a State which was among the first to declare its freedom from foreign money tyrants it is fitting that Pennsylvania, the cradle of liberty, be again given the credit for producing a son that was not afraid to hurl defiance in the face of the money-bund." —  Ron Paul Wins! | Campaign for Liberty at the Daily Paul - Blog
  • The yield on the German 10-year bund, Europe's benchmark government security, declined 4 basis points to 3.95 percent. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • It is better for the government to accede to the request of the BTC to allot land that does not disturb the bund or the storage capacity of the tank.
  • Are the authorities so blind to allot allot 30 acres of bund area of the only water body that caters to 15 villages?
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  1. Hindi band, from Persian, from Middle Persian, from Avestan *banda-, from Old Iranian; see bhendh- in Indo-European roots.
  2. German, from Middle High German bunt; see bhendh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Anglo-Indian, also written band (pron. bund), representing Hindustani band, a dam, dike, causeway, embankment, a particular use of band, a band, bond, tie, imprisonment; in all uses also spelled bandh, from Sanskrit √ bandh = English bind, tie.
  2. German, < binden = English bind. The noun answers in meaning to English band, bond.
 

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