Editing Loincloth (section)

=== Europe ===
[[File:Clothing of the French Canadiens and the Milice reenactment 1.jpg|thumb|Clothing of the French Canadiens and the Milice reenactment]]
Some [[Ethnic groups in Europe|European]] men around {{BCE|2000|link=y}} wore [[leather]] breechcloths, as can be seen from the clothing of [[Ötzi]].<ref name="iceman.it/clothing">[http://www.iceman.it/en/clothing South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology]. Retrieved 2010-07-15.</ref> [[Ancient Rome|Ancient Romans]] wore a type of loincloth known as a [[subligaculum]].

The use of breechcloths took on common use by the Metis and Acadians and are mentioned as early as the 1650s. In the 1740s and 1750s they were issued to the Canadien as part of their war uniform and in 1755 they even tried to issue them to soldiers from France.

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|text=During their travels across Canada, the French [canadiens] dress as the Indians; they do not wear breeches. Many nations imitate the French customs; yet I observed, on the contrary, that the French in Canada, in many respects, follow the customs of the Indians, with whom they converse {{sic|?|everyday}}. They make use of the tobacco pipes, shoes, garters, and girdles of the Indians. 
|author=[[Peter Kalm]], 1749.
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|text=Those who go to war receive a capot, two cotton shirts, one breechclout, one pair of leggings, one blanket, one pair of souliers de boeuf, a wood-handled knife, a worm and a musket when they do not bring any. The breechclout is a piece of broadcloth draped between the thighs in the Native manner and with the two ends held by a belt. One wears it without breeches to walk more easily in the woods. 
|author=d’Aleyrac, 1755–60. 
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|text=During the week the men went about in their homes dressed much like the Indians, namely, in stockings and shoes like theirs, with garters, and a girdle about the waist; otherwise the clothing was like that of other Frenchmen. 
|author=Kalm, p. 558 
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|text=The French familiarized themselves with us, Studied our Tongue, and Manners, wore our Dress, Married our Daughters, and our Sons their Maids
|author=Pontiac, Ottawa leader, 2.2.50-57
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