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towelling en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable, usually) Any fabric suitable for towels, such as huckaback or terry cloth.
   • My rule is to give for winter a linsey suit, one shirt of best towelling, one hat, one pair of shoes, a good blanket, costing $2 to $2 50, every other year […] 1852, J. D. B. De Bow, The Industrial Resources of the Southern and Western States:
2. (countable, usually) A thrashing.
   • Officer Whittle then consulted another colleague. "My choices are — make an enemy of Scott [Budd] for life and run the charges, risk making the AFP look poorly because Scott is towelling the bloke up in the cells like a c**khead," the email read. 2026 July 4, Amy Greenbank, Jade Toomey, Dylan Welch, “Extraordinary internal police emails revealed after Indigenous man allegedly beaten by officer”, in ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation:

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Deriveds

Turkish towelling

Translations (2)

bg хавлиена тъкан (fabric suitable for towels) · fi pyyhekangas (fabric suitable for towels)

towelling en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of towel
   form of towel

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