loincloth

[ loin-klawth, -kloth ]

noun

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

1. a piece of cloth worn around the loins or hips, especially in tropical regions as the only item of clothing.

loincloth

/ ˈlɔɪnˌklɒθ /

noun

1. a piece of cloth worn round the loins Also calledbreechcloth

Word History and Origins

Origin of loincloth¹

First recorded in 1855–60; loin + cloth

Example Sentences

Think of him as a kind of Cecil Rhodes in a loincloth and with bulging muscles.

From The Daily Beast

Here was a project that would get me out of a loincloth and into real clothes!

From The Daily Beast

So will you be running around with a loincloth from now on?

From The Daily Beast

Nowadays, it seems, we need more than a loincloth to protect our hyperaesthetic eyes from the Splendour of Nature.

From Project Gutenberg

A rather stout man, wearing only a loincloth, was seated in lotus posture on a slightly raised platform.

From Project Gutenberg

The men wore blouse, loincloth leggins, and moccasins, and the women dressed in short kilts.

From Project Gutenberg

Clothed only in loincloth, each one seizes a snake, and a rattlesnake is preferred if there are enough of them for all.

From Project Gutenberg

He, like his followers, was dressed only in a loincloth; he had copper bracelets round his wrists.

From Project Gutenberg