waistcloth

American  

[weyst-klawth, -kloth] / ˈweɪstˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /

noun

plural

waistcloths

1. a loincloth.

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waistcloth British  

/ ˈweɪstˌklɒθ /

noun

1. obsolete another word for loincloth

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Etymology

Origin of waistcloth

First recorded in 1605–15; waist + cloth

Example Sentences

On the following Sunday he attended service with about three hundred of his chiefs and retainers, all clad in waistcloths, for the missionaries had ordained that the outward sign of conversion should be clothes.

From Project Gutenberg

A waistcloth, Dogvane, if used fore and aft would be a suitable table for the Ten Commandments, which would thus be conveniently placed before the eyes of all.

From Project Gutenberg

Women and girls in waistcloths, busy preparing food from pandanus fruit, dropped their work when they caught sight of us, and rushed away for more clothes!

From Project Gutenberg

A cotton waistcloth of many yards in length is swathed about the loins, and a pair of very wide loose trousers, termed senáphil, hang barely to the knee.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Takum listens to broadcasts of protests in Bangkok with a cheap Chinese-made radio he tucks into his waistcloth, next to his slingshot.

From New York Times