Breechcloth

Breechcloth

A breechcloth, or breechclout, is a form of Loincloth consisting in a strip of material (usually a narrow rectangle) passed between the thighs and secured before and behind under a belt or string.

European men around 2000 B.C. wore leather breechclouts, as can be seen from the clothing of Ötzi the Ice Man.

During World War II, Allied prisoners of war in Japanese camps often had nothing but a textile breechcloth to wear, affording them only a modicum of modesty and free transpiration, but virtually no protection against the tropical sun, parasites etc.

A breechcloth is in some ways like a loincloth or a fundoshi, designed only to cover the genitals.


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  • Breechcloth — Breech cloth (br[=e]ch kl[o^]th or br[i^]ch kl[o^]th ; 115), n. A cloth worn around the breech. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • breechcloth — ☆ breechcloth [brēch′klout΄brēch′klôth΄ ] n. a cloth worn about the loins; loincloth: also breechclout [brēch′klout΄] …   English World dictionary

  • breechcloth — noun Date: 1793 loincloth …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • breechcloth — /breech klawth , kloth /, n., pl. breechcloths / klawdhz , klodhz , klawths , kloths /. a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth. Also, breechclout /breech klowt /. [1785 95, Amer.; BREECH + CLOTH] * * * …   Universalium

  • breechcloth — noun An apron like garment held on by a belt tied around the waist to cover the loins; a loincloth …   Wiktionary

  • breechcloth — n. waist cloth, loin cloth, garment which covers waist and loins …   English contemporary dictionary

  • breechcloth — breech•cloth [[t]ˈbritʃˌklɔθ, ˌklɒθ[/t]] also breech•clout [[t] ˌklaʊt[/t]] n. pl. cloths [[t] ˌklɔðz, ˌklɒðz, ˌklɔθs, ˌklɒθs[/t]] also clouts. clo loincloth • Etymology: 1785–95, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • breechcloth — /ˈbritʃklɒθ/ (say breechkloth) noun a cloth worn about the breech. Also, breechclout /ˈbritʃklaʊt/ (say breechklowt) …  

  • breechcloth — noun a garment that provides covering for the loins • Syn: ↑breechclout, ↑loincloth • Hypernyms: ↑garment • Hyponyms: ↑dhoti * * * noun see breechclout …   Useful english dictionary

  • G-string — n. 1 Mus. a string sounding the note G. 2 (also gee string) a narrow strip of cloth etc. covering only the genitals and attached to a string round the waist, as worn esp. by striptease artistes. * * * noun minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; a …   Useful english dictionary

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