breechcloth
nounEtymology From breech + cloth.
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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.2008, Christopher Paolini, “The Gates of Death”, in Brisingr, page 4:
- I had been scrubbed clean and painted and was wearing my breechcloth.2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 79: