toile
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
toile /twɑːl/
▶noun
- 1 an early version of a finished garment made up in cheap material so that the design can be tested.
- 2 a translucent fabric.
- 3 short for toile de Jouy.
– origin ME: from Fr. toile ‘cloth, web’, from L. tela ‘web’.
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