What is "breechcloths"

Usage examples of "breechcloths".

The Su wore breechcloths of a dark green spotted with various shades of tan and buff and pale gray, and the cloths were voluminous, much more ample than necessary for mere breechcloths.

And Doc saw why the breechcloths were of green color and spotted in that fashion.

They wore breechcloths and their bodies were zebra-striped in black and white, their faces daubed white with huge black smiles painted around their mouths, their hair jutting upward in two long conical horns, each horn surmounted with a brush of what seemed to be corn shucks.