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Waistcloth

Waistcloth \Waist"cloth\, n.

  1. A cloth or wrapper worn about the waist; by extension, such a garment worn about the hips and passing between the thighs.

  2. (Naut.) A covering of canvas or tarpaulin for the hammocks, stowed on the nettings, between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.

Wiktionary
waistcloth

n. A cloth or garment worn around the waist.

WordNet
waistcloth

n. a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers [syn: girdle, cincture, sash, waistband]

Usage examples of "waistcloth".

His scarlet waistcloth, fresh-washed from the sea, lay folded neatly beside it.

I saw that he had eyes for no one else but me, and the linen of his waistcloth bulged most promisingly.

He was of some thirty years, wore nothing but his boots, a golden and scarlet waistcloth, and six magnificent golden bands about his limbs.

He wore nothing but a snowy white waistcloth threaded over a wide leather belt and leather-strapped sandals.

Trojan prime: beautifully tooled-leather waistband, soft ivory waistcloth, laced boots that came partway up his calves, and a variety of gold and bronze jewelry about his fingers and dangling from his ears.

Silvius stood two paces away, his arms folded, dressed in the manner of Troy, with nothing but a white waistcloth and boots.

He had jerked her waistcloth from her and was now stuffing it into her mouth.

She wore a waistcloth that revealed nearly all of a long-legged, firm-breasted figure, with the supple waist and firm arms of a girl only just turned woman.

She now wore an Ichiribu waistcloth and the wreath showing her to be his vowed woman, as well as the leather bindings on her feet.

A Valeria who had, while his back was turned, removed the waistcloth that was her only garment.

She was clad in an Ichiribu waistcloth, a necklace of lionfish teeth, and a broad hat made of leaves tied with vine to a reed frame.

He was still staring when Emwaya sprang up, threw off her waistcloth, and plunged over the side of the canoe.

Vara indeed supplied a portion of this romantic atmosphere, for he was dressed in the height of contrabandista fashion, with a bright-coloured handkerchief folded round his head underneath his black hat, a scarlet waistcloth, a spotless shirt, and a flower in the ribbon of his hat.

He wore only a white waistcloth, and his slender body might have been carved from amber, so motionless he held it.

Melanthus, and I saw that he had eyes for no one else but me, and the linen of his waistcloth bulged most promisingly.