towel
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From Middle English towel, towail, towaille, from Old French toaille (“towel”) (Modern French touaille), of Germanic origin, from Low Frankish *þwahila (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahilō (“wash-cloth", literally, "something used for washing”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahanan (“to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *twak- (“to bathe”). Cognate with Old High German dwahila (“towel”) (Modern German dialectal Zwehle), Dutch dwaal (“towel”), dweil (“mop”), Old English þwēan (“to wash”).
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Wikipedia towel (plural towels)
- A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as a person after a bath.
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cloth used for wiping
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towel (third-person singular simple present towels, present participle toweling or towelling, simple past and past participle toweled or towelled)
- To hit with a towel.
- To dry by using a towel.
- He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.
