breechcloth

[ breech-klawth, -kloth ]

/ ˈbritʃˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /

noun, plural breech·cloths [brah-klawth z, -kloth z, -klawths, -kloths] /ˈbrɑˌklɔðz, -ˌklɒðz, -ˌklɔθs, -ˌklɒθs/.

a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.

Nearby words

Also breech·clout

[breech-klout] /ˈbritʃˌklaʊt/.

Origin of breechcloth

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

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Examples from the Web for breechcloth

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
The Igorot men wore the breechcloth, perhaps with a shirt or sweater, perhaps with nothing at all.
The Golden Skull|John Blaine
Within the Bontoc area fully 50 per cent of the men wear the breechcloth simply as an apron.
The Bontoc Igorot|Albert Ernest Jenks
Nangolat, naked except for a breechcloth, stepped from the ranks of Ifugao warriors.
The Golden Skull|John Blaine

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

British Dictionary definitions for breechcloth

breechcloth

breechclout (ˈbriːtʃˌklaʊt)

/ (ˈbriːtʃˌklɒθ) /

noun

other names for loincloth

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