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thonging

n. An arrangement of thongs in clothing.

Usage examples of "thonging".

The leathers of his tunic were ripped, and the thonging where the skins were joined was loosening.

Inside the bag, itself held in place by the pressure of the tunic and the loose thonging around his neck, were a handful of the reddish fruits that grew on one scattering of hills south and east of the shambles.

The beams were as thick as a large man’s thighs, notched together, then bound in place by heavy ropes that appeared to be woven from leather thonging rather than twine.

He selected a Nehera-made bowie and belted its scabbard around his waist, thonging the knife into the scabbard.

The thonging stretched easily and soon rotted and gave way under the strain of holding a dragon's gear together.

After them—and far more leisurely—came Gavs and the other Mingol crewman off watch, thonging their black hoods closely under their yellow chins, while Ourph came ghosting up behind his captain, though the two other Mingols properly kept to their stations at tiller and prow.

Loops of piping, flared bells, carved stones tied in senseless patterns of thonging gave the rest of the collection a bizarre appearance.