breechclout†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a loin covering of cloth or soft leather.

Quotations

1800

The Indians were standing in the fort with nothing on but their breech-clouts. . . .

1943

When they watered their horses they usually rode into the valley naked except for their breechclouts, with buffalo robes thrown over their shoulders.

1965

North American Indians are usually pictured as wearing breech clouts or buckskins. . . .