toile

[ twahl ]
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noun
  1. any of various transparent linens and cottons.

Origin of toile

1
1555–65; <French: linen cloth, canvas. See toil2

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How to use toile in a sentence

  • They gave way and fled to the bridge of boats: then, afraid of being cast into the river, they crossed over to l'Île-aux-Toiles.

  • This poem marks an immense advance on the earlier epic, La Conqute des toiles, to which we have already referred.

    Modernities | Horace Barnett Samuel
  • Here was the great mart for linens—the toiles flamandes—once celebrated over Europe.

    A Day's Tour | Percy Fitzgerald
  • She saw the room again as it had been when Mademoiselle had looked up towards the toiles d'araignees.

    Pointed Roofs | Dorothy Richardson
  • With a more distinguished Marguerite de Valois, this performance would have anticipated the "nuits de sept toiles."

British Dictionary definitions for toile

toile

/ (twɑːl) /


noun
  1. a transparent linen or cotton fabric

  2. a garment of exclusive design made up in cheap cloth so that alterations and experiments can be made

Origin of toile

1
C19: from French, from Latin tēla a loom

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