pareu
Americannoun
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Also pareo a length of cloth, especially of a brightly colored print, wrapped on the body like a lavalava and worn by women as a cover-up, skirt, dress, or the like.
noun
Etymology
Origin of pareu
Borrowed into English from Tahitian around 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Wearing a varihued. skirtlike Tahitian pareu that he fancies, Bragg spent a happy hour emitting Tarzan yells and swinging from branch to branch.
From Time Magazine Archive
As we approached them we were met by a sturdy Taaoan, bare save for the pareu and handsomely tattooed.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
About his middle he wore a red and yellow pareu, and his naked body was like a small and perfect statue as he handled his tiny craft.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
Wrapped only in a gorgeous red pareu, I sat on the paepae of the chief's house, now become mine.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
All were garlanded with gold and crimson and orange flowers, while each wore about the hips a scarlet pareu.
From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack
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