touaille

== French == === Etymology === From Middle French touaille, toaille, from Old French toaille, tevale (“towel”), from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”). Doublet of tavaïolle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /twaj/ ~ /twɑj/ === Noun === touaille f (plural touailles) (archaic) linen, especially used in making towels or cloths (archaic) towel (archaic) tablecloth a cloth used to adorn an altar in a church a woman's hairstyle involving a towel wrapped around the head a linen roll used for drying the hands, roller towel === Further reading === “touaille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012