poncho

[pon-choh]

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noun, plural pon·chos.

a blanketlike cloak with a hole in the center to admit the head, originating in South America, now often worn as a raincoat.

Origin of poncho

1710–20; < American Spanish < Araucanian

Related formspon·choed, adjective

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Related Words for poncho

mantle, coat, shawl, raincoat, wrap, cape, capote, manteau

Examples from the Web for poncho

Contemporary Examples of poncho

I wrapped my poncho around me for warmth and waited in the quiet darkness.
Spirit Tripping With Colombian Shamans
Chris Allbritton
August 24, 2014
Several others claim to have seen a robust figure wearing a hat and a poncho crouched against a table in the library.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens
Jeff Campagna
June 7, 2014
Soldiers either slept in poncho tents or inside their vehicles.
We Lost Soldiers in the Hunt for Bergdahl, a Guy Who Walked Off in the Dead of Night
Nathan Bradley Bethea
June 2, 2014
So put down the sombrero and poncho, and check out our helpful Q&A.
How Not to Be Awful This Cinco de Mayo
Kelly Williams Brown
May 4, 2014
You know, like, throw on a sombrero and a poncho, maybe draw a mustache on my face?
How Not to Be Awful This Cinco de Mayo
Kelly Williams Brown
May 4, 2014

Historical Examples of poncho

He had a beard, and on his shoulder a poncho, but that was all I knew.
My Double Life
Sarah Bernhardt
It had the appearance of a short fellow in a poncho and a big hat.
A Set of Six
Joseph Conrad
I shall spread my poncho and blanket on the ground presently.
Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines
H. Irving Hancock
On it you lay your shelter-half and fold it till it too is an oblong, smaller than the poncho.
At Plattsburg
Allen French
Knudsen, with a groan, got out of bed and put on his poncho.
At Plattsburg
Allen French

British Dictionary definitions for poncho

poncho

noun plural -chos

a cloak of a kind originally worn in South America, made of a rectangular or circular piece of cloth, esp wool, with a hole in the middle to put the head through

Word Origin for poncho

C18: from American Spanish, from Araucanian pantho woollen material

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Word Origin and History for poncho

type of blanket-like South American cloak, 1717, from American Spanish poncho, from Araucanian (Chile) pontho "woolen fabric," perhaps influenced by Spanish poncho (adj.), variant of pocho "discolored, faded."