towelling
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English[edit]
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Noun[edit]
towelling (usually uncountable, plural towellings)
- (countable, uncountable) Any fabric suitable for towels, such as huckaback or terry cloth.
- 1852, J. D. B. De Bow, The Industrial Resources of the Southern and Western States:
- My rule is to give for winter a linsey suit, one shirt of best towelling, one hat, one pair of shoes, a good blanket, costing $2 to $2 50, every other year […]
- (countable) A thrashing.
Translations[edit]
fabric suitable for towels
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Verb[edit]
towelling
- present participle and gerund of towel