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breech⋅cloth

  [breech-klawth, -kloth]
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–noun, plural -cloths  [-klawthz, -klothz, -klawths, -kloths] .
a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.
Also, breech⋅clout  [breech-klout] .

Origin:
1785–95, Americanism; breech + cloth
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breech·cloth   (brēch'klôth', -klŏth')   
n.  A cloth worn to cover the loins; a loincloth.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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