toweling

[ tou-uh-ling, tou-ling ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a narrow fabric of cotton or linen, in plain, twill, or huck weave, used for hand towels or dishtowels.

First recorded in 1575–85; towel + -ing ¹

She never finishes her soup and she wears a toweling robe with a certain je ne sais quoi.

A dozen kinds of cloth, from woolen and linen to bedticking and toweling, were woven on the premises.

As he strolled back along the beach he came upon a small, elderly gentleman toweling his head in a vigorous manner.

It is this filling thread which will ravel in dish toweling or other material unless a hem is made.

D is made of glass toweling trimmed with finishing braid and featherstitching.

The place had Personality—the white enameled tables were set diagonally and clothed with strips of Japanese toweling.

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