Also langotee, -ty. [Hindī langoṭī.] (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, trans. 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.
