pagne

[ French pan-yuh ]

noun

, plural pagnes [pan, -y, uh].

1. a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pagne¹

1690–1700; < French < Spanish paño cloth ≪ Latin pannum

Example Sentences

Visitors zoomed around town in yolk-yellow ramshackle taxis, each one a work of art in itself, and dressed up in their best bazin and pagne tissé — colorful African fabrics — to attend a full program of exhibition launch parties.

From New York Times

Many of the women wore dresses and skirts made of pagne, a wax print fabric, featuring images of Francis or other religious symbols.

From Washington Times

Many of the women wore dresses and skirts made of pagne, a wax print fabric featuring images of Francis or other religious symbols.

From Seattle Times

House of ‘Pagne is holed up in the Sodo Urban Works industrial complex with a dozen other wine tasting rooms and Ethan Stowell‘s San Juan Seltzery.

From Seattle Times

My father had hitched up his pagne in order to squeeze the wooden pail between his knees.

From The New Yorker