towayle

Middle English

Alternative forms

towaile, towelle, towell, towel, towail, towaille, tueil, touwayle, touel, twaile, tuell, touayl, touwayl, towayl, twayle, tawale, tewayll, toual, twaylle, towylle

Etymology

From Old French toaille, from Early Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahilu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuːˈ(w)æi̯l(ə)/, /ˈtuːɛl(ə)/, /ˈtwæi̯l(ə)/

Noun

towayle (plural towayles)

A cloth for washing; a towel or washcloth.
A fabric tablecloth cover or protector.
A cloth acting as a sieve or strainer.
A drape for going over an altar or grave.
(surgery) A surgical cloth or cover.
A cloth wrap for the neck; a scarf.
(rare) A fabric cover for communion wafers.

Descendants

English: towel (see there for further descendants)
Scots: toul, tool, tooel
→ Irish: tuáille

References

“touail, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-12.

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