breechcloth
English
Native-American breechcloth (National Parks Service)
Alternative forms
- breechclout, breech-cloth
Etymology
From breech + cloth.
Noun
breechcloth (plural breechcloths)
- An apron-like garment held on by a belt tied around the waist to cover the loins; a loincloth.
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 79:
- I had been scrubbed clean and painted and was wearing my breechcloth.
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 79:
Translations
garment
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