bath towel

[ bath, bahth ]

/ bæθ, bɑθ /

a large towel used to dry the body after bathing or showering, usually made of heavy, absorbent material.

Origin of bath towel

First recorded in 1860–65

One cannot effectively scold a moist nineteen-year old boy clad only in a bath-towel and a cloud of steam.

The Unbearable Bassington |Saki
Three children and a bath-towel tugged one way, and Bobby Craven's expectant face the other.

Loyal to the School |Angela Brazil
He was in his shirt-sleeves and a bath-towel was fastened around his neck, descending in wispy folds to his knees.

Weatherby's Inning |Ralph Henry Barbour
Her brother, surprised and gratified, handed her the bath-towel in the depths of which reposed the batrachian.

The Danger Mark |Robert W. Chambers

Your servant then comes up, wraps you in a bath-towel, and you go off to the dressing-room.

At the Court of the Amr |John Alfred Gray