dhoti
dhoti
Definition
dhoti (dō′tē)
noun
a loincloth worn by Hindu men in India, or the cloth used for it
Etymology: Hindi dhotī
dhoti
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- wear: Women have to wear long skirts or saris and men must wear a dhoti ( a wrap-around ) and go bare-chested.
Adjective modifier
- white: He bathes in the river, shaves his head and puts on a new white dhoti.
dhoti Quotes
If the cardinal points of costume are Robes,Tato, Rig and Scunge, where are shorts in this compass? Theyare the never Robes as other bareleg outfits have been: the toga, the kilt, the lava-lava, the Mahatma's cotton dhoti; archbishops and field marshals at their ceremonies never wear shorts. The very word means underpants in North America.
