toilinette

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noun

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

OriginFrench toilinet →
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Meanings

nountoilinette (countable and uncountable, plural toilinettes)

plural toilinettes

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

Origin

  1. Frenchtoilinet
  2. Englishtoilinette

French toilinet. See toil (“a net”).

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APA

toilinette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toilinette

MLA

“toilinette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toilinette. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toilinette,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toilinette.

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