breechclout

English

Etymology

breech +‎ clout

Noun

breechclout (plural breechclouts)

1. (dated) A breechcloth or loincloth.
   • 1999, William Gibson, All Tomorrow's Parties (Bridge trilogy; book 3), New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 2:

     "Come in," says the old man, in Japanese. "Don't leave your ass hanging out that way." He is naked except for a sort of breechclout twisted from what may once have been a red T-shirt.