towelling

plural towellings · alternative toweling

1. countableuncountableusuallyAny 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. countableusuallyA 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

alternative toweling

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of towel