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- noun Plural form of
breechclout .
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Examples
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In practice, decades of hard service in the wilderness had simplified field uniforms, which gave way to faded colors, and by the 1750s the enlisted men campaigned in Indian dress: moccasins, leggings, breechclouts, and a hooded capot similar to the “hunting shirt” of Virginia.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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In practice, decades of hard service in the wilderness had simplified field uniforms, which gave way to faded colors, and by the 1750s the enlisted men campaigned in Indian dress: moccasins, leggings, breechclouts, and a hooded capot similar to the “hunting shirt” of Virginia.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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In practice, decades of hard service in the wilderness had simplified field uniforms, which gave way to faded colors, and by the 1750s the enlisted men campaigned in Indian dress: moccasins, leggings, breechclouts, and a hooded capot similar to the “hunting shirt” of Virginia.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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In practice, decades of hard service in the wilderness had simplified field uniforms, which gave way to faded colors, and by the 1750s the enlisted men campaigned in Indian dress: moccasins, leggings, breechclouts, and a hooded capot similar to the “hunting shirt” of Virginia.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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They were half-naked it was summer in Houston, so they wore simple breechclouts, they did ride mustangs that were small, unshod, scrawny, and unattractive by European standards.
EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON S. C. Gwynne 2010
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The Apaches, who fought on foot, became easy marks for the mounted, thundering Comanches in their breechclouts and black war paint.
EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON S. C. Gwynne 2010
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The Nermernuh had arrived in town in buckskins and breechclouts.
EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON S. C. Gwynne 2010
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Some went about naked to the waist, wearing the equivalent of Indian breechclouts over leggings.29 Many were large, physically imposing men with thick, brawny arms, long hair, and full beards.
EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON S. C. Gwynne 2010
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After the snow fell, One Horn and his friends gave up their breechclouts for trousers made of leather.
Betrayed! Patricia Calvert 2002
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After the snow fell, One Horn and his friends gave up their breechclouts for trousers made of leather.
Betrayed! Patricia Calvert 2002
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