waistcloth

[ weyst-klawth, -kloth ]

noun

, plural waist·cloths [weyst, -klaw, th, z, -klo, th, z, -klawths, -kloths].

1. a loincloth.

waistcloth

/ ˈweɪstˌklɒθ /

noun

1. obsolete.
   another word for loincloth

Word History and Origins

Origin of waistcloth¹

First recorded in 1605–15; waist + cloth

Example Sentences

Most of them were naked save for a strip of tattered waistcloth, and their thick lips, wooly hair, and heavy faces were revealed in the lantern light.

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On the following Sunday he attended service with about three hundred of his chiefs and retainers, all clad in waistcloths, for the missionaries had ordained that the outward sign of conversion should be clothes.

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Trembling and terrified, they stretch themselves face down before the captain and his colleagues; two of their companions, sometimes four, seize them by their hands and feet and take off their waistcloth.

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A waistcloth, Dogvane, if used fore and aft would be a suitable table for the Ten Commandments, which would thus be conveniently placed before the eyes of all.

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Women and girls in waistcloths, busy preparing food from pandanus fruit, dropped their work when they caught sight of us, and rushed away for more clothes!

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