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loincloth

[loin-klawth, -kloth] / ˈlɔɪnˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /
NOUN
covering cloth
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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

“Parents wouldn’t stay, which was very auspicious for ‘Tarzan and His Mate,’” Del Toro says of the 1934 film that starred Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan wearing what was then considered a revealing loincloth.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2022

I walked into the Hotel Bonvecchiati and found myself face-to-face with a statue of a black-skinned man in a loincloth holding a lamp.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2018

He felt for the bag of chicken droppings hidden in his loincloth.

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