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breechcloth

[ breech-klawth, -kloth ]

noun

plural breechcloths
  1. a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.


breechcloth

/ ˈbriËtʃˌklaÊŠt; ˈbriËtʃˌklɒθ /

noun

  1. other names for loincloth
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of breechcloth1

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; breech + cloth
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How the English will stare at him with his deerskin breechcloth and bare chest!

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To the shock of even his fellow Osage, he was naked, except for his breechcloth and his moccasins, and his face was painted as if he were leading a war party.

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“And the Indian has two eagle feathers and the breechcloth.â€

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One smokes a cigarette, the other is clothed only in a tattered breechcloth.

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Our host was a tall, robust man, who at this time had no other clothes than his breechcloth; neither women nor children were visible.

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