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loincloth (ˈlɔɪnˌklɒθ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| Also called: breechcloth a piece of cloth worn round the loins | |
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Loincloth
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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loincloth
usually, a rectangular piece of cloth draped around the hips and groin. One of the earliest forms of clothing, it is derived, perhaps, from a narrow band around the waist from which amuletic and decorative pendants were hung. From about 3000 BC, the Egyptians wore schenti of woven material that was wrapped around the body several times and tied in front or belted. Sometimes the schenti was pleated or partially pleated and sometimes stiffened to project in front.
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Example sentences
That's a ton already and only the area of a loincloth has been accounted for.
Another applicant swung from a tree, yodeling as his loincloth flipped up in the breeze.
He wears a pointy mask and an animal-skin loincloth.
According to one story, it began when a runner lost his loincloth and tripped on it.
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