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breechclout

noun

Etymology

From breech + clout.

  1. derived from *gel-✻ — “to ball up, amass”
  2. inherited from *gelewdos✻
  3. inherited from *klūtaz✻
  4. inherited from *klūt✻
  5. inherited from clūt — “piece of cloth, patch; metal plate”
  6. inherited from clout
  7. compounded as breechclout — “breech + clout”

Definitions

  1. A breechcloth or loincloth.

    • "Come in," says the old man, in Japanese. "Don't leave your ass hanging out that way." He is naked except for a sort of breechclout twisted from what may once have been a red T-shirt.

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