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DictionarythongMinimal underwear or swimwear
noun

thong

THAWNG/θɔːŋ/

A narrow strap or strip of material.

A narrow leather thong is tied around a tool handle.

Still life of a long narrow leather thong laid in a loose curve beside a small coil of matching leather strips on a woodworker's bench, one end tied around a tool handle to show practical use.
Etymology
thongOld Englishnarrow strip of leather

Old English þwong named a narrow leather strip, often serving as a cord, whip, or fastening band. The selected meaning preserves that basic strip form while allowing materials other than leather.

In context

Libranima168:50
when they came to clean out the cask, they found in it a small key hanging to a thong of cordovan
Don Quixote - Cervantes (Illustrated Audiobook) Part 3 of 4

More examples

  • She ties the pouch shut with a leather thong.
  • A wooden pendant hangs from a thong around his neck.
  • He cuts the leather into narrow thongs for binding.

Forms

thong · thongs

Similar words

strap
Often wider and used to secure or carry something.
lace
Usually threaded through holes to fasten or tighten something.