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textile noun [ ˈtɛkstʌɪl ]

• a type of cloth or woven fabric.
• "a fascinating range of pottery, jewellery, and textiles"
Similar: fabric, cloth, material,
• used by nudists to describe someone wearing clothes, especially on a beach.
• "nudists to the left, textiles to the right"

textile adjective

• relating to fabric or weaving.
• "the textile industry"
• used by nudists in reference to non-nudists.
• "textile beaches"
Origin: early 17th century: from Latin textilis, from text- ‘woven’, from the verb texere .


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