breechcloth
noun
breechcloths
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pluralof breechcloth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Australian aborigines wore only breechcloths, their bodies painted in geometric patterns of dots and streaks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thatch roofs were giving way to tin, while shorts and T shirts were replacing breechcloths and feathers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cloth for breechcloths is measured by the length of the forearm, being wound about the elbow and through the hand, quite as one coils up a rope.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks
On the other side of town was the Golden Bowl of Benguet, where fabulous gold mines were worked by Igorot miners clad only in breechcloths and hard-rock helmets.
From The Golden Skull by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
There are several varieties of breechcloths in the area.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks
