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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Example Sentences

A popular proverb, much used in Behar, says:— 'Unda poortee, Cowa maro!

From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by Inglis, James

Thus: vendi, to sell—vendisto, a salesman; lampo, a lamp—lampvendisto, a lamp-seller, lampfaristo, a lamp manufacturer; maro, sea—maristo, a sailor; akrigi, to sharpen—akrigisto, a grinder, etc.

From Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation by Mann, William W.

It is at this part of the morai also that they first invest their kings with the maro.

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

When they arrived on board, all, with the single exception of Tui, were furnished only with a "maro" of "tapa," scanty in its proportions, but still enough to wrap round their loins.

From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Bullen, Frank T.

In English Romany it is softened into maro or morro. 

From Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement by Smith, George