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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishtowayle,towel,towail,towaille, fromOld Frenchtoaille(“towel”) (modernFrenchtouaille),Medieval Latintoallia, fromFrankish*þwahilu(“cloth”), fromProto-Germanic*þwahaną(“to wash”). Cognate withOld High Germandwahila(“towel”) (modern dialectalGermanZwehle),Dutchdwaal(“towel”),dweil(“mop”),Low GermanDweel(“towel”),Old Englishþwǣle(“band; ribbon; fillet”),Old Englishþwēan(“to wash”).

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Noun

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towel (pluraltowels)

  1. A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.

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Descendants

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Translations

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cloth used for wiping

Verb

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towel (third-person singular simple presenttowels,present participletowelingortowelling,simple past and past participletoweledortowelled)

  1. (transitive) To hit with a towel.
  2. (transitive) To dry by using a towel.
    He got out of the shower andtoweled himself dry.
  3. (transitive) To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.
    • 2012, Dave Tomar,The Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat:
      We would open the windows,towel the door, and turn my bedroom into an Allman Brothers concert.
  4. (UK, dialect, obsolete, transitive) Tobeat with astick, or "oaken towel".[1]

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References

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  1. ^“towel”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

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Middle English

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Noun

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towel

  1. Alternative form oftowayle
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