maro

American  

[mahr-oh] / ˈmɑr oʊ /

noun

1. a loincloth worn ceremonially by Maori and Tahitian men, consisting of a grass apron or a length of cloth wrapped around the waist and sometimes between the legs, traditionally made from flax fibers or tree bark.

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maro

What I had foreseen happened, for Waheiadooa kept the maro for himself, and only sent to Otoo a very small piece of feathers, not the twentieth part of what belonged to the magnificent present.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr

Nothing would serve him but to carry it ashore on this occasion, and to give it to Waheiadooa, to be by him forwarded to Otoo, in order to its being added to the royal maro.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr

They wear no clothing except the maro, and many of them are tattooed, with a variety of figures, over their body.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Austin Craig

Round his waist he wore the usual maro or kilt, with something like a shawl or plaid over his shoulders; and in his hand he held a long formidable-looking spear.

From Old Jack by William Henry Giles Kingston

In one of them, as we afterward found, was the royal maro; and the other, if I may be allowed the expression, was the ark of the Eatooa.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr