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tex·tile / ˈtekˌstīl/ • n. 1. (usu. textiles) cloth or woven fabric: a fascinating range of pottery, jewelry, and textiles. ∎  (textiles) the branch of industry involved in the manufacture of cloth.2. inf. used by nudists to describe someone wearing clothes, esp. on a beach.• adj. 1. of or relating to fabric or weaving: the textile industry.2. inf. used by nudists to describe something relating to or restricted to people wearing clothes.ORIGIN: early 17th cent.: from Latin textilis, from text- ‘woven,’ from the verb texere.

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