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Synonyms for loincloth


Grammar : Noun
Spell : loin-klawth, -kloth
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔɪnˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ



Définition of loincloth

Origin :
  • 1859, from loin + cloth.
  • noun covering cloth
Example sentences :
  • He wore a loincloth of red flannel and fringed buckskin leggings.
  • Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
  • She felt him move, and all at once her hand was not on his loincloth, but on his hot flesh.
  • Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
  • "Strip off his loincloth," said d'Ucello, and Erculio tore it away.
  • Extract from : « The Saracen: The Holy War » by Robert Shea
  • Then he kicked off his boots and dropped his hose and his loincloth.
  • Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea
  • He wore nothing more than the loincloth and the earth-coloured, unsown cloak.
  • Extract from : « Siddhartha » by Herman Hesse
  • He was a small man, clad only in a loincloth, and could well have been a Dogon himself.
  • Extract from : « Black Man's Burden » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • Nowadays, it seems, we need more than a loincloth to protect our hyperaesthetic eyes from the Splendour of Nature.
  • Extract from : « Impressions And Comments » by Havelock Ellis
  • The native, like the juggler, had a beardless face and was naked but for loincloth and turban.
  • Extract from : « Caravans By Night » by Harry Hervey
  • Well, Barney, perhaps for the sake of uniformity we'd better strip and take to the loincloth.
  • Extract from : « Samba » by Herbert Strang
  • He was naked, and where the loincloth should have been, there was a virile member projecting from a bush of horsehair.
  • Extract from : « L-bas » by J. K. Huysmans

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