Poncho, an important article of male attire in Chili, the Argentine Republic, and some other parts of South America (see GAUCHOS). It consists of a piece of woollen or alpaca cloth, 5 to 7 feet long, 3 to 4 feet broad, having in the middle a slit through which the wearer passes his head, so that the poncho rests upon the shoulders and hangs down before and behind.
Poncho
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 307
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