loincloths
- plural of loincloth.
Example Sentences
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Some of Saar’s leather necklaces are reminiscent of tribal loincloths, in a triangle shape that comes to a point, dyed and stitched in various colors.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
King Tut was actually entombed with 145 schenti, a large collection of loincloths to take with him to the underworld.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 9, 2024
Uozumi then rose to his feet, dusted himself off and rejoined the surrounding group of wrestlers wearing loincloths.
From Reuters ● Jun. 14, 2023
On Bunce Island, a fortified outpost at the mouth of the Sierra Leone River, a visitor in the 1770s described white men playing golf attended by African caddies in tartan loincloths.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2020
The others wore loincloths and turbans and a few wore shirts, but as the day wore on they doffed their shirts, one by one, until all were as our men.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
