bath towel

[ bath, bahth ]

/ bæθ, bɑθ /

a large towel used to dry the body after bathing or showering, usually made of heavy, absorbent material.

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First recorded in 1860–65

One cannot effectively scold a moist nineteen-year old boy clad only in a bath-towel and a cloud of steam.
The Unbearable Bassington|Saki
Three children and a bath-towel tugged one way, and Bobby Craven's expectant face the other.
Loyal to the School|Angela Brazil
He was in his shirt-sleeves and a bath-towel was fastened around his neck, descending in wispy folds to his knees.
Weatherby's Inning|Ralph Henry Barbour
Her brother, surprised and gratified, handed her the bath-towel in the depths of which reposed the batrachian.
The Danger Mark|Robert W. Chambers

Your servant then comes up, wraps you in a bath-towel, and you go off to the dressing-room.
At the Court of the Amr|John Alfred Gray