a loin cloth...a breech cloth

Hmmm, isn't there a difference between these two? I always thought of a loin cloth as more like underpants - a waste band/bit of rope with a single piece of cloth or leather secured front and back, and passing between the legs. Though I suppose it would be hellish wearing something like this if you couldn't get the fit right

A breech cloth I thought to be more of a two piece affair, with separate cloths hanging front and back. Closer relationship to kilts than underpants/G-strings.

Not that I know!