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noun
- any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- toile de Jouy.
noun
- a transparent linen or cotton fabric
- a garment of exclusive design made up in cheap cloth so that alterations and experiments can be made
c.1400, “type of heavy, coarse cloth,” from Old French toile “linen cloth, canvas” (see toil (n.2)). As a type of dress material, from 1794.