towelling

• toweling

towelling (usually uncountable, plural towellings)

1. (countable, uncountable) Any fabric suitable for towels, such as huckaback or terry cloth.
   • 1852, J. D. B. De Bow, The Industrial Resources of the Southern and Western States:

     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 […]

2. (countable) A thrashing.

towelling

1. present participle and gerund of towel