breechcloth

[ breech-klawth, -kloth ]

/ ˈbritʃˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /

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noun, plural breech·cloths

[brah-klawthz, -klothz, -klawths, -kloths]. /ˈbrɑˌklɔðz, -ˌklɒðz, -ˌklɔθs, -ˌklɒθs/.

a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.

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Also breech·clout

[breech-klout]. /ˈbritʃˌklaʊt/.

Origin of breechcloth

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

Words nearby breechcloth

bree, breech, breech baby, breech birth, breechblock, breechcloth, breech delivery, breeches, breeches buoy, breeches part, breeching

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How to use breechcloth in a sentence

Breechcloth, mischa̍ch-kaë̍htu (ach guttural; ka and eh separated; tu short).
Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions)|Maximilian, Prinz von Wied
Breechcloth, edde̍-ipschake (edde very short; e distinctly pronounced).
Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions)|Maximilian, Prinz von Wied
Breechcloth: Pass the flat hand from between the legs upward toward the belly.
Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions)|Maximilian, Prinz von Wied
Within the Bontoc area fully 50 per cent of the men wear the breechcloth simply as an apron.
The Bontoc Igorot|Albert Ernest Jenks

They were naked except the breechcloth and moccasins, and everyone waved aloft a tomahawk as he sang.
The Scouts of the Valley|Joseph A. Altsheler

British Dictionary definitions for breechcloth

breechcloth

breechclout (ˈbriːtʃˌklaʊt)

/ (ˈbriːtʃˌklɒθ) /

noun

other names for loincloth

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