subs. (old).—An obsolete appliance worn in the act of coition, to prevent infection: so-called from the name of its inventor, a colonel in the Guards, temp., Charles II.: the modern equivalent is known as a FRENCH LETTER (q.v.).
1767. ROCHESTER, ROSCOMMON, and DORSET, A Panegyric upon Cundum, p. 208.
| Happy the man who in his pocket keeps, | |
| Whether with green or scarlet riband bound, | |
| A well-made CUNDUM. |
