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breechcloth

breechcloth [breech-klawth, -kloth] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun, plural breech·cloths [brah-klawth z, -kloth z, -klawths, -kloths] /ˈbrɑˌklɔðz, -ˌklɒðz, -ˌklɔθs, -ˌklɒθs/. a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth. Liberaldictionary.com

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Also breech·clout [breech-klout] /ˈbritʃˌklaʊt/. Origin of breechcloth An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; breech + cloth Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for breechcloth Historical Examples of breechcloth

Their only clothing is a breechcloth and a short skirt of flayed bark.

Negritos of Zambales

William Allan Reed

Breechcloth, mischa̍ch-kaë̍htu (ach guttural; ka and eh separated; tu short).

Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions)

Maximilian, Prinz von Wied

Breechcloth, edde̍-ipschake (edde very short; e distinctly pronounced).

Maximilian, Prinz von Wied

Breechcloth: Pass the flat hand from between the legs upward toward the belly.

Maximilian, Prinz von Wied

Tonight you take off clothes, put on breechcloth, and stand out in cold.

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British Dictionary definitions for breechcloth breechcloth breechclout (ˈbriːtʃˌklaʊt) noun other names for loincloth Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012