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breech-cloth

breech-cloth is the alternative spelling of breechcloth.

Meaning of breechcloth

Noun

breechcloth (plural breechcloths)

  1. 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

Forms of breech-cloth

pluralbreech-cloths

Questions about breech-cloth

What is breech-cloth the alternative spelling of?
Breech-cloth is the alternative spelling of breechcloth.

Words near breech-cloth in the dictionary

  1. breech faces
  2. breech pin
  3. breech pins
  4. breech screw
  5. breech screws
  6. breech-cloth
  7. breech-cloths
  8. breech-loader
  9. breech-loaders
  10. breech-loading
  11. breechblock

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