Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A loincloth is one-piece garment, sometimes kept in place by a belt, that is used: in societies where there is no more advanced clothing as an undergarment to express soberness Mohandas Gandhi used it as a way of identifying with the poorest Indians, even though he knew it could be taken as a sign of primitiveness or indecency. for erotic pleasure This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.