obi

A sash worn with a kimono.

Noun

  1. A sash worn with a kimono.
    • The broad obi tied around her middle was orange and yellow. I'd never seen such elegant clothing. - 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, Vintage, published 1998, page 29:
    • They had known nothing of woolen cloth, but now the popularity of obi made of imported grogram spread like wildfire. This popularity produced various stories in its wake. - 2001, Kikue Yamakawa, Kate Wildman Nakai,...
  2. A strip of paper looped around a book or other product.

Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).

Forms

obi obis

Noun alt of, alternative

  1. Alternative form of obeah.

Forms

obis

Derived

obiism