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touaille

touaille

French

Noun

touaille f ‎(plural touailles)

  1. (archaic) linen, especially used in making towels or cloths
  2. (archaic) towel
  3. (archaic) tablecloth
  4. a cloth used to adorn an alter in a church
  5. a woman's hairstyle involving a towel wrapped around the head
  6. a linen roll used for drying the hands, hand towel

Etymology

From Middle French touaille, toaille, from Old French toaille, tevale ‎(“towel”), from Frankish *þwahila ‎(“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahilō ‎(“wash-cloth"; literally, "something used for washing”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną ‎(“to wash”). Romance cognates include Italian tovaglia, Spanish toalla, Portuguese toalha. Akin to Old High German dwahila ‎(“towel”) (German dialectal Zwehle), Dutch dwaal ‎(“a towel”), Old English þwēan ‎(“to wash”). More at tavaïolle.

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