‖ langooty, lungooty
(lʌŋˈguːtɪ)
Also langotee, -ty.
[Hindī langotī.]
(See quots.)
| 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master ii. 43 note, The hamauls, or bearers of India, are literally naked, with the exception of an article of dress called a langooty..which I cannot describe better to my female readers, than substituting a pocket⁓handkerchief for Eve's fig-leaf. 1826 J. Leyden & W. Erskine tr. Mem. Baber 333 A langoti..is a piece of clout that hangs down two spans from the navel. 1889 Blackw. Mag. Aug. 242 He ordered the natives to muffle the cubs in their turbans or langooties. |