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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A cloth worn to cover the loins; a loincloth.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as breech-clout.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A cloth worn around the breech.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a garment that provides covering for the loins

Etymologies

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breech + cloth

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