[sigh]A stranger has come to us and posted in the proper place a valid question. Shouldn't we answer the actual question instead of pretending to be AEnigma? My dear tivtrans, welcome to the board. My guess would be cloth related. I would think that the meaning would be closely related to "giving the shirt off one's back". The fruit of a loom would be a piece of cloth Helen? Fiberbabe?. "...it would be like sharing (your shirt, your blanket, etc.)with the enemy..." Anyway, that's my best guess.

Okay. Maybe a loin cloth.