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noun, feminine

tavaïolle

/ta.va.jɔl/

noun, feminine/ta.va.jɔl/plural: tavaïolles

a linen cloth, sometimes entirely of lace or trimmed with lace, used in church sacraments

Inherited from Middle French tavaiolle, from Italian tovagliola (“napkin”), diminutive of tovaglia (“tablecloth”), from Medieval Latin toallia, toacula, duvahila, toacla (“towel”), from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”). Doublet of touaille.