toile

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French toile. Doublet of tela. === Noun === toile (countable and uncountable, plural toiles) plain or simple twilled fabric a draft garment made of inexpensive cloth for the purposes of fitting and design evaluation ==== Synonyms ==== (draft garment): muslin, mock-up === Anagrams === Eliot, Leoti, lie to, teloi == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French toile, earlier teile, from Latin tēla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /twal/ === Noun === toile f (plural toiles) fabric, cloth; canvas painting (artwork) (spider's) web alternative letter-case form of Toile (weaving) plain weave ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== toilier ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: tuval === Further reading === “toile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === ilote == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Most likely from Anglo-Norman toilier, but possibly from Middle Dutch tuylen. ==== Verb ==== toile alternative form of toilen === Etymology 2 === From Anglo-Norman toile. ==== Noun ==== toile alternative form of toyle == Old French == === Etymology === From earlier form teile, from Latin tēla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoi̯.lə/ === Noun === toile oblique singular, f (oblique plural toiles, nominative singular toile, nominative plural toiles) fabric web ==== Descendants ==== French: toile == Scottish Gaelic == === Noun === toile f genitive singular of toil