Definition of "towel"

towel

/ˈtaʊ(ə)l/

noun
plural towels
1. A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.
verb
third-person singular simple present towels, present participle toweling or towelling, simple past and past participle toweled or towelled
1. (transitive) To hit with a towel.
2. (transitive) To dry by using a towel.
3. (transitive) To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.
  Quotations
  We would open the windows, towel the door, and turn my bedroom into an Allman Brothers concert.
  2012, Dave Tomar, The Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat
4. (UK, dialect, obsolete, transitive) To beat with a stick, or "oaken towel".