breechcloth

[ breech-klawth, -kloth ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

breechcloth

/ ˈbriːtʃˌklaʊt; ˈbriːtʃˌklɒθ /

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

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

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

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

Within the Bontoc area fully 50 per cent of the men wear the breechcloth simply as an apron.

They were naked except the breechcloth and moccasins, and everyone waved aloft a tomahawk as he sang.

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