Towel
Towel , noun
[Old English towaille, towail, French touaille, Late Latin toacula, of Teutonic origin; compare Old High German dwahila, swahilla, German zwehle, from Old High German dwahan to wash; akin to Dutch dwaal a towel, Anglo-Saxon þweán to wash, Old Saxon thwahan, Icelandic þvā, Swedish två, Danish toe, Gothic þwahan. Compare Doily.]
A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath.
Collocations (1)
Towel gourd (Botany) , the fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Luffa Aegyptiaca; also, the plant itself. The fruit is very fibrous, and, when separated from its rind and seeds, is used as a sponge or towel. Called also Egyptian bath sponge, and dishcloth.
Towel , transitive verb
To beat with a stick. [Provincial English]