loincloth

[ loin-klawth, -kloth ]

/ ˈlɔɪnˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /

a piece of cloth worn around the loins or hips, especially in tropical regions as the only item of clothing.

Origin of loincloth

First recorded in 1855–60; loin + cloth

lohan, lohengrin, loiasis, loid, loin, loincloth, loins, loir-et-cher, loire, loire-atlantique, loiret

Think of him as a kind of Cecil Rhodes in a loincloth and with bulging muscles.

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Here was a project that would get me out of a loincloth and into real clothes!

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So will you be running around with a loincloth from now on?

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I felt of his muscles (he was clothed only in a loincloth), and I closely studied his tremendous arms and shoulders.

The Shadow World |Hamlin Garland

She felt him move, and all at once her hand was not on his loincloth, but on his hot flesh.

Shaman |Robert Shea
The native, like the juggler, had a beardless face and was naked but for loincloth and turban.

Caravans By Night |Harry Hervey
The men wore blouse, loincloth leggins, and moccasins, and the women dressed in short kilts.

Canyons of the Colorado |J. W. Powell
He was naked, and where the loincloth should have been, there was a virile member projecting from a bush of horsehair.

L-bas |J. K. Huysmans

loincloth

/ (ˈlɔɪnˌklɒθ) /

a piece of cloth worn round the loins Also called: breechcloth