breechcloth

[ breech-klawth, -kloth ]

noun

, plural breech·cloths [brah, -klaw, th, z, -klo, th, z, -klawths, -kloths].

1. a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.

breechcloth

/ ˈbriːtʃˌklaʊt; ˈbriːtʃˌklɒθ /

noun

1. other names for loincloth

Word History and Origins

Origin of breechcloth¹

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; breech + cloth

Example Sentences

How the English will stare at him with his deerskin breechcloth and bare chest!

From Literature

A young Osage man then typically wore fringed buckskin leggings and moccasins and a breechcloth; a finger-woven belt held his tobacco pouch and tomahawk.

From Literature

“And the Indian has two eagle feathers and the breechcloth.”

From New York Times

One smokes a cigarette, the other is clothed only in a tattered breechcloth.

From Los Angeles Times

Our host was a tall, robust man, who at this time had no other clothes than his breechcloth; neither women nor children were visible.

From Project Gutenberg