Definitions
Absorbent cloth used for drying hands, body, or objects.
Word origin
From Middle English towayle, towel, towail, towaille, from Old French toaille (“towel”) (modern French touaille), Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (“to wash”). Cognate with Old High German dwahila (“towel”) (modern dialectal German Zwehle), Dutch dwaal (“towel”), dweil (“mop”), Low German Dweel (“towel”), Old English þwǣle (“band; ribbon; fillet”), Old English þwēan (“to wash”).
Used in a sentence
“He needed a towel for wiping the slippery floor.”
“He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.”
“We would open the windows, towel the door, and turn my bedroom into an Allman Brothers concert.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues
01“Cloth after a shower”5 letters
02“Cloth for drying hands”5 letters
03“Cloth used after swimming”5 letters
04“Bathroom drying cloth”5 letters
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