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GLASS TOWELLING [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Towels and Cloths
  • Glasses (table setting)
CONT

Glassware and silver should be dried with a soft towel. Towels made from flour sacks or from glass toweling are good for this purpose.

OBS

toweling: Any of various fabrics of cotton or linen used for making towels.

Key term(s)
  • glass towelling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serviettes et torchons
  • Verres (service de table)
OBS

Selon le Petit Robert 2004, on peut écrire au singulier «essuie-verre» ou «essuie-verres».

OBS

Pluriel : des essuie-verres.

OBS

essuie-verre (sing.); essuie-verres (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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