‖ dhoti, dhootie
(ˈdəʊtɪ, ˈduːtɪ; also dh-)
Also 7 duttee, 9 dote, dhotee, -ty, dhootie, dhooty.
[Hindī dhōtī.]
The loin cloth worn by Hindus; a long narrow cloth which is wound round the body, passed between the thighs, and tucked in under the waist-band behind.
| 1622 in W. N. Sainsbury Cal. State Papers E. Ind. (1878) III. 24 (Y.) Price of calicoes, duttees fixed. 1810 T. Williamson Vade Mecum I. 247 (Y.) A dotee or waist-cloth. 1845 Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. Ind. (1854) 277 He must..leave the house with nothing on but his gombong and dhootie. 1881 Manch. Guard. 18 Jan., Shirtings, dhooties, mulls and jacconets are all very firm. 1883 F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs x. 203 Clad simply in a dhoti or waist-cloth. 1891 Daily News 16 Nov. 3/1, I never remember seeing him in anything but a delicate pink silk dhotee. 1894 Longm. Mag. Dec. 213 Ordinary coolies dressed only in their ‘dhotis’ or loin-cloths. |