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Definition of Loincloth
1. Noun. A garment that provides covering for the loins.
Definition of Loincloth
1. Noun. A garment that covers the loins (crotch). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Loincloth
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loincloth
Literary usage of Loincloth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Golden Words of a Sufi Sheikh: Revised Edition by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (2006)
"He had only one loincloth to wear, and he never took it off. He never even had
time to change his loincloth or to sleep. The loincloth finally began to ..."
2. Why Can't I See the Angels?: Children's Questions to a Sufi Saint by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (2002)
"Seeing the golden loincloth lying on the ground, he put that on and went to bathe.
... Next a man with another disease came and used the loincloth. ..."
3. Trukese-English Dictionary by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"stripes (usually black, of woven loin skirt). loincloth ... loincloth (traditional
type, worn by men and woven from banana fibers). ..."
4. Questions of Life, Answers of Wisdom by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (1991)
"Now all you have left is a loincloth to cover your backside. With only that small
loincloth you suffer and struggle on until you reach the end of your ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1896)
"The middle of the panel is filled by the constrained figure of the Saviour, girt
with a small loincloth, and standing up to His knees in the symbolical ..."
6. Ephod and Ark: A Study in the Records and Religion of the Ancient Hebrews by William Rosenzweig Arnold (1917)
"It was neither an idol nor a loincloth, but always a bag for the sacred lots;
and Gideon devoted to it at most a very small portion of the seventeen hundred ..."
7. Under Heaven's Brow: Pre-Christian Religious Tradition in Chuuk by Ward Hunt Goodenough (2002)
"At this time, when a boy was showing the appearance of facial, pubic, and underarm
hair, he was given his first adult-style loincloth ..."
8. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1890)
"The most interesting feature in the mode of representation is the loincloth,
which forms a sort of kilt, reaching down to the knees. ..."
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