breechcloth

English

Native-American breechcloth (National Parks Service)

Alternative forms

breechclout, breech-cloth

Etymology

From breech +‎ cloth.

Noun

breechcloth (plural breechcloths)

An apron-like garment held on by a belt tied around the waist to cover the loins; a loincloth.
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 79:
  I had been scrubbed clean and painted and was wearing my breechcloth.

Translations

garment

Finnish: lannevaate

Navajo: tłʼeestsooz

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