lungin.
/ˈlʊŋɡi/, /ˈlʌŋɡi/, U.S. /ˈlʊŋɡi/, /ˈləŋɡi/ A loin cloth. Also, the material of which this is made.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for lower body > clothing for loins or genital area > loin cloth
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > for other specific items of clothing
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1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 197 A lung or couer to conceale their priuy members.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors (1669) i. 49 Some Cotton-cloaths..of those kinds which are commonly called Dosternals,..Longis, Allegiens, &c.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 53 The Peer as well as Peasant, wrapping only a Lunga about his Middle.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 101 The Men and Women came down together to wash, having Lungies about their wastes only.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxiv. 294 His Dress was only a Silk Lungie or Scarf made fast by a Girdle of Gold Plate, about his Middle.
1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 229 Cloth..made in the form of a Bengal lungy, or Buggess cloth.
c1809–10 F. Buchanan Puraniya III. 101 The Lunggi..is wrapped simply two or three times round the waist, and hangs down to the knee.
1834 A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara III. iii. 61 He wore a very handsome loongee round his waist.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 328/2 Loonghie. A mixed fabric composed of richly coloured silk and cotton.
1901 Daily News 9 Jan. 3/5 Indian soldiers..wearing lungis of beautifully woven silk.
1906 W. Del Mar Romantic East i. 8 The lungyi..whenever the wearer can afford it, is of thin silk and is simply a square of about five feet..put on like a petticoat and folded in over the right hip.
1908 H. Jones Let. 2 May in H. J. W. Hetherington Life & Lett. Sir H. Jones (1924) ii. 203 The boxers, all naked except for their ornamental silk longyis tied up hard between their legs and around their middle.
1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days i. 2 One of those vivid Arakanese longyis..which the Burmese wear on informal occasions.
1947 ‘N. Shute’ Chequer Board 105 A green longyi wrapped around her waist and falling to her feet.
1948 Amer. Speech 23 228/2 Longyi, lungyi, Burmese skirtlike attire which falls to the ankles. The national dress, worn by both sexes.
1957 R. Mason World of Suzie Wong ii. ii. 17 A Burmese woman..with her bright red longyi taut over her thighs.
1959 Times 19 Mar. 14/6 The Burmese in their gaily coloured lungyis.
1959 Times 10 Dec. 11/2 Burma, where men wear the longyi.
1971 National Geographic Mar. 304/2 He wears the Burmese national costume, a wrap-around skirt called a longyi, derived from India, and a short formal jacket with three pockets and cloth buttons, derived from China.
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