ETYM Malay sârung.
A loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacific.
Malayan skirtlike garment, of long strip cloth wound round body.
Traditional dress of the Malay archipelago and the Pacific islands, where it is worn by both men and women. The sarong consists of a piece of fabric, about 4.5–6.4 m/5–7 yd long, which is wrapped around the body and tied at the waist or over the chest. Sarongs became popular fashion garments in the 1940s and 1980s for summer fashion.