breechcloth

noun

Etymology

From breech + cloth.

  1. derived from *gleyt-
  2. inherited from *klaiþą
  3. inherited from clāþ
  4. inherited from cloth
  5. compounded as breechcloth — “breech + cloth

Definitions

  1. An apron-like garment held on by a belt tied around the waist to cover the loins

    An apron-like garment held on by a belt tied around the waist to cover the loins; a loincloth.

    • Shedding his gold robes so that he wore nothing but a leather breechcloth, the dark-haired youth sprang on top of the altar.
    • I had been scrubbed clean and painted and was wearing my breechcloth.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA