Definition of TEWEL

tewel

Meanings

Plural: tewels

Noun

  • A vent or chimney or pipe, especially one leading into a furnace or bellows.
  • The anus, rectum or posterior.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English tuwel, from Old French tueil, tuel, tudel (“tube, pipe”) (whence modern French tuyau), from Vulgar Latin *tūta, from Frankish *thūta (“pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel, flow”), from *þeutaną (“to howl, roar, resound”), from Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- (“bird-cry, shriek”). Compare Spanish and Portuguese tudel, from the same Germanic source.

Scrabble Score: 8

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Words With Friends Score: 0

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