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Waistcloth

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cloth or garment worn around the waist.

    "Two rows of slate beds, three of which only were occupied; two men and a boy, nude save a waistcloth; over their heads--sluggishly swayed by the air the new-comer had carelessly admitted--their clothes were hung like shapeless shadows."

  2. 2
    a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers wordnet
  3. 3
    A covering of canvas or tarpaulin for the hammocks, stowed on the nettings, between the quarterdeck and the forecastle. historical

Etymology

From waist + cloth.

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