breechcloth

[ breech-klawth, -kloth ]

noun

, plural breech·cloths [brah, -klaw, th, z, -klo, th, z, -klawths, -kloths].

1. a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.

breechcloth

/ ˈbriːtʃˌklɒθ; ˈbriːtʃˌklaʊt /

noun

1. See loincloth
   other names for loincloth

Word History and Origins

Origin of breechcloth¹

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; breech + cloth

Example Sentences

Breechcloth, mischa̍ch-kaë̍htu (ach guttural; ka and eh separated; tu short).

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Breechcloth, edde̍-ipschake (edde very short; e distinctly pronounced).

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Breechcloth: Pass the flat hand from between the legs upward toward the belly.

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Within the Bontoc area fully 50 per cent of the men wear the breechcloth simply as an apron.

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They were naked except the breechcloth and moccasins, and everyone waved aloft a tomahawk as he sang.

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