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breechcloth

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

breechcloth: an apron-like garment held on by a belt tied around the waist to cover the loins; a loincloth
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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
    • I had been scrubbed clean and painted and was wearing my breechcloth.2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 79

Forms of breechcloth

pluralbreechcloths
alternative formbreechclout
alternative formbreech-cloth

Origin of breechcloth

From breech + cloth.

Questions about breechcloth

What does breechcloth mean?
Breechcloth means an apron-like garment held on by a belt tied around the waist to cover the loins; a loincloth.
What part of speech is breechcloth?
Breechcloth is a noun.
What is the plural of breechcloth?
The plural of breechcloth is breechcloths.

Words near breechcloth in the dictionary

  1. breech-loader
  2. breech-loaders
  3. breech-loading
  4. breechblock
  5. breechblocks
  6. breechcloth
  7. breechcloths
  8. breechclout
  9. breechclouts
  10. breeched
  11. breechen

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