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loincloth

[loin-klawth, -kloth] / ˈlɔɪnˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /
NOUN
covering cloth
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This isn’t only because, as Ms. Whitlum-Cooper and Ms. Tedbury write, Christ’s body is “vehemently real,” but also due to the verisimilitude of his loincloth and the “complex depths of its falls and folds.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

In Japan, the duo even tried their hand at sumo wrestling and Si remembers Dave had gone the extra mile to make sure he looked good in his loincloth.

From BBC Dec. 6, 2024

The earliest form of underwear was a loincloth.

From National Geographic Jan. 9, 2024

You’re looking at a guy who has been compared against an example of myself from 25 years ago in a loincloth.

From New York Times Mar. 1, 2023

“Right now he’s wetting his loincloth over what Monomatapa will do to him when he finds out.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Some of Saar’s leather necklaces are reminiscent of tribal loincloths, in a triangle shape that comes to a point, dyed and stitched in various colors.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

Prehistorically, loincloths were worn by men and women, crafted out of strips of fabric that ran between one's legs and were fastened around the waist.

From National Geographic Jan. 9, 2024

Uozumi then rose to his feet, dusted himself off and rejoined the surrounding group of wrestlers wearing loincloths.

From Reuters Jun. 14, 2023

On Bunce Island, a fortified outpost at the mouth of the Sierra Leone River, a visitor in the 1770s described white men playing golf attended by African caddies in tartan loincloths.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2020

Of the few left, several had wet loincloths.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer




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