sarong

[ suh-rawng, -rong ]

noun

1. a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
2. a cloth for such garments.

sarong

/ səˈrɒŋ /

noun

1. a draped skirtlike garment worn by men and women in the Malay Archipelago, Sri Lanka, the Pacific islands, etc
2. a fashionable Western adaptation of this garment

Word History and Origins

Origin of sarong¹

First recorded in 1825–35, sarong is from the Malay word sarung, sarong

Word History and Origins

Origin of sarong¹

C19: from Malay, literally: sheath

Example Sentences

There were rich, cozy-looking linens, used for knee-length skirts -- inspired, perhaps, by a sarong.

From The Daily Beast

A delightful figure was that of a Moro dressed in a faded sarong drawn closely about him from waist to knee.

From Project Gutenberg

As elsewhere, but few clothes are seen: the women wear a short striped skirt sarong-wise, but bare the bosom.

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The usual fashion in clothes prevailed; gee-string for the men, and short sarong-like skirt for the women.

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Hassan is a perfect gentleman in manner, and in that silk jacket of his and handsome sarong he really looks like a prince.

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The women, with oblique eyes and oval faces, wear the gay sarong and white kabaja customary in Eastern Java.

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