toile noun. [twɑ:l] LME.
[French: see TOIL noun².]
1. a. Cloth; cloth or canvas used for painting on. rare. LME-L16.
b. A painting on canvas. E20.
2. Any of various linen or cotton fabrics. Freq. with French specifying word. L18.
toile de Jouy [dǝ ʒwi:] a type of printed calico usu. with a characteristic floral, figure, or landscape design on a light background, made from the mid 18th cent. at Jouy-en-Josas near Paris.

3. A reproduction of a fashion garment made up in muslin or other cheap material so that fitting alterations or copies can be made. M20.

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toilé noun. [twale] M19.
[French, from TOILE.]
In lace-making, an area with a closely-worked inwrought pattern.

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