noun, feminine/twaj/plural: touailles
linen, especially used in making towels or cloths; towel; tablecloth; a cloth used to adorn an altar in a church; a woman's hairstyle involving a towel wrapped around the head
From Middle French touaille, toaille, from Old French toaille, tevale (“towel”), from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”). Doublet of tavaïolle.