[Quichua llautu (Tschudi), llauto (Gonçalez, 1608).] ‘A band of cotton, twisted and worn on the head of the Inca of Peru, as a badge of royalty’ (Webster, 1828–32, citing Barlow).
1807. J. Barlow, Columb., III. 136. The white lautu graced his lofty brow.
