moocha

English

Etymology

From Zulu unmutsha.

Noun

moocha (plural moochas)

1. A loincloth made from animals' tails or strips of skin; part of the traditional dress of Zulu males.
   • 1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, Cassel and Company, published 1907, page 48:

     Umbopa did so, at the same time slipping off the long military great coat which he wore, and revealing himself naked except for the moocha round his centre and a necklace of lions' claws.

   • 1908, Douglas Blackburn, Leaven: A Black and White Story:

     Bacheta took from his moocha a thick wooden peg that was a pin holding the moocha round his loins.

Anagrams

• moocah