Loincloth

[Michiko]

A garment, usually consisting of a single piece of cloth, worn around the hips and covering the groin area. Traditionally worn in regions of the world with a hot climate. Found throughout North and South America, Africa and Asia. Different types of [loincloth] vary of course; loincloths worn by Indians in North America were often of leather, the Aztecs made theirs from a cotton-like cloth made from cactus fiber. In Japan, all classes once wore loincloths, the farmers wore theirs as outer wear while [wading] in the rice [paddies], and the nobles wore theirs as underwear, under their bakama (loose-fitting trousers) and [kimono].

[Lanell]

A single piece of cloth wrapped round the hips, typically worn by men in some hot countries as their only garment.

[Monty]

an [item] of clothing although typically [underwear] which is worn solely for the purpose of attracting the opposite of sex and [getting laid].