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breechcloth†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a loin covering of cloth or soft leather.
Quotations
1811
Instead of the cedar petticoat, the women of some tribes prefer a breech cloth, [which] is nothing more than a piece of dressed deerskin, six inches broad and four feet long, which, after passing between the thighs, is tied round the waist.
1922
The only garment worn was a breechcloth, made either of leather or a piece of blanket about a foot wide. This was placed between their legs, and the ends were passed under the belt fore and aft--the ends being long enough to hang down about a foot in order to keep the cloth in its place.