tea towel


noun

a dishtowel.

Origin of tea towel

First recorded in 1870–75

Example sentences from the Web for tea towel

  • Also attach to her belt a tea-towel and a small holder for lifting hot pans.

    Cookery for Little Girls |Olive Hyde Foster
  • Finally she retied the document in a tea-towel, tight and secure, and buried it deep in the flour barrel.

    In the Shadow of the Hills |George C. Shedd

British Dictionary definitions for tea towel

tea towel

tea cloth


noun

a towel for drying dishes and kitchen utensils US name: dishtowel