Definitions for towelings

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towelings tow·el·ing

Spelling: [tou-uh-ling, tou-ling]

IPA: /ˈtaʊ ə lɪŋ, ˈtaʊ lɪŋ/

Towelings is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 585 anagrams from letters in towelings (egilnostw).

Definitions for towelings

noun

1. a narrow fabric of cotton or linen, in plain, twill, or huck weave, used for hand towels or dishtowels.
2. an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.

Idioms

1. throw in the towel, Informal. to concede defeat; give up; yield:

verb (used with object)

1. to wipe or dry with a towel.

Origin of towelings

First recorded in 1575-85; towel + -ing¹

Examples for towelings

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

We know it is used for dresses, and sometimes for toweling and upholstery uses.

As might have been expected, military and naval subjects occupy a large place among the year's designs for toweling.

The largest portion of the sheeting and toweling is made in Scotland.

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

The table linen and toweling would be both spun and woven by her hands.

It is used for toweling and costs about 30 cents per yard, 24 inches wide.

Get three yards or so of toweling and cut off pieces as you need them.

The end of the toweling entwined itself about one of the dining-tables and held there.

At my exclamation one of the Halbersons left off toweling and came over to join me.