waistcloth
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of waistcloth
Example Sentences
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We were rowed there by a Samoan in a waistcloth.
From A Tramp's Notebook by Roberts, Morley
The woman's waistcloth was called Nitáh and descended to the feet while the upper part was doubled and provided with a Tikkah or string over which it fell to the knees, overhanging the lower folds.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
The Dyak men wear a waistcloth which is made either of the soft inner bark of a tree, or else of cotton cloth.
From Children of Borneo by Gomes, Edwin Herbert
There was otherwise no change in Tomaso’s habiliments, which consisted, as usual, of dark trousers, a white shirt, and a dark-blue faja or waistcloth.
From Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories by Merriman, Henry Seton
They had little clothing besides the waistcloth, made of bark from a tree; and large rings in their ears, and were very far from being prepossessing in their appearance.
From Mark Seaworth by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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