towy

American  

[toh-ee] / ˈtoʊ i /

adjective

1. of the nature of or resembling the fiber tow.

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Etymology

Origin of towy

First recorded in 1595–1605; tow ² + -y ¹

Example Sentences

He has towy hair and mild, light-blue eyes.

From Hempfield A Novel by Grayson, David

Wavy types of hair vary most in colour: almost the deepest hue of black being found side by side with the most flaxen and towy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

A little bamboo reed is taken and a hole made in it through which is passed a towy substance found upon palm-trees and known by the name of lulup among the Malays.

From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by Sanpietro, I. Stone

He had a square face, strong features, and a huge crop of towy hair.

From Tales from Two Hemispheres by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth

Hair, generally the same as South Mongol, but in Mongolo-Caucasic transitional groups brown, chestnut, and even towy or light flaxen, also wavy and ringletty; beard mostly absent except amongst the Western Turks and some Koreans.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court