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toilinette

toilinette noun: a cloth formerly used for waistcoats, having a weft of woollen yarn and a warp of cotton and silk.

Noun

toilinette (countable and uncountable, plural toilinettes)

  1. A cloth formerly used for waistcoats, having a weft of woollen yarn and a warp of cotton and silk.

Forms of toilinette

pluraltoilinettes

Origin of toilinette

French toilinet. See toil (“a net”).

Questions about toilinette

What does toilinette mean?
Toilinette means a cloth formerly used for waistcoats, having a weft of woollen yarn and a warp of cotton and silk.
What part of speech is toilinette?
Toilinette is a noun.
What is the plural of toilinette?
The plural of toilinette is toilinettes.

Words near toilinette in the dictionary

  1. toilful
  2. toilfully
  3. toilfulness
  4. toilinet
  5. toilinets
  6. toilinette
  7. toilinettes
  8. toiling
  9. toiling and moiling
  10. toilingly
  11. toilings

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