pagne

American  

[pan-y^uh] / ˈpan jə /

noun

• pagnes
  plural

1. a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pagnes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pagne

1690–1700; < French < Spanish paño cloth ≪ Latin pannum

Example Sentences

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pagne pagnes

Many of the women wore dresses and skirts made of pagne, a wax print fabric, featuring images of Francis or other religious symbols.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 1, 2023

Many of the women wore dresses and skirts made of pagne, a wax print fabric featuring images of Francis or other religious symbols.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2023

She muttered while she worked, never resting, only pausing from time to time to hike up the waist of her wraparound pagne underneath her wool sweater.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

When the story ended, the old woman studied my mother for a long time while she wrapped and rewrapped her faded blue pagne over her flat chest.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Cloaked in my pagne and Anatole, I seemed to belong.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

I could just imagine them getting home, folding this uniform, and wrapping themselves in pagnes before going to the market.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Anatole wrapped me up in wax-print pagnes, hoping to disguise me as a Congolese matron while trying to keep me from staggering dazed in front of automobiles.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

There was a sudden colorful bustle through the church as women in their bright pagnes began to move about.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The women wrap and rewrap their pagnes in the same way, and press the palm-oil harvest in the same kind of contraption that Mama Lo used.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

We wrapped ourselves in the extra pagnes offered to us as blankets, and settled down on the floor to sleep among strangers.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver