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loincloth
/ ˈlɔɪnˌklɒθ /
noun
- a piece of cloth worn round the loins Also calledbreechcloth
Word History and Origins
Origin of loincloth1
Example Sentences
Instead many are wearing "happi coats" - long, purple robes - and white shorts, as opposed to the men's loincloths, while carrying their own bamboo offerings.
The earliest form of underwear was a loincloth.
Swapping his mawashi - the traditional loincloth sumo wrestlers wear - for shoulder pads and a helmet, the 21-year-old has quickly adjusted to life in the foothills of Fort Collins, about an hour’s drive north of Denver.
Swapping his mawashi — the traditional loincloth sumo wrestlers wear — for shoulder pads and a helmet, the 21-year-old has quickly adjusted to life in the foothills of Fort Collins, about an hour’s drive north of Denver.
Uozumi then rose to his feet, dusted himself off and rejoined the surrounding group of wrestlers wearing loincloths.
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