sash, verb
- Forms:
- Also with initial capital.
- Origin:
- From Sash noun.
obs.
Of members of the Black Sash: a. intransitive. To stand in silent protest wearing a black sash. b. transitive. To confront (government officials) with such a demonstration. In both senses also black sash verb (see Black Sash).
1956 M. Rogers Black Sash 125Dr van Rhijn, Minister of Economic Affairs, was ‘sashed’ in Johannesburg when he arrived to address a meeting of the Afrikaanse Sakekamer.
1965 J.M. Richey in Sash Vol.9 No.2, 33As Grahamstown is tucked away in a corner of the forgotten Eastern Province, the Black Sash there did not have many chances of ‘sashing’ Cabinet Ministers.
To stand in silent protest wearing a black sash.
To confront (government officials) with such a demonstration. In both senses also black sash verb (see Black Sash).
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