Definition of "towelled"

He tied the apron on with a little bow behind and strode to the big marble slab like a towelled man to a Turkish bath.

1963, William Sansom, “Hot and Cold”, in The London Magazine, page 11

Thick atmospheres obscure the fuzzy figures surrounding, towelled men wearing flip-flops, smearing shaving gel across their chins, sighing.

2004, Rob Benvie, Safety of War, Coach House Books, page 21

At the other end of the spectrum, Gunjal’s ‘Someday’ traces the movements of a modern young woman (signs of ‘modernity’ include cigarette smoking) from the shower (followed by a panel of two towelled women) to the streets where she is subjected to sexual harassment.

2020, Ruth Maxey, Paul McGarr, editors, India at 70: Multidisciplinary Approaches (Routledge Studies in Modern History), Routledge