toils

toils
n.pl. a net or snare.
Etymology: pl. of toil f. OF toile cloth f. L tela web

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plural noun (poetic/literary) TRAP, net, snare.

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plural of toil
present third singular of toil

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toils UK [tɔɪls] US noun [plural] literary
a difficult or unpleasant situation that you cannot get away from
Thesaurus: difficult situations and experiencessynonym something that is difficult or unpleasant to do or deal withsynonym

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[toilz]
plural n. poetic/literary used in reference to a situation regarded as a trap

Henry had become caught in the toils of his own deviousness

Origin:
early 16th cent. (denoting a net into which a hunted quarry is driven): plural of toil, from Old French toile ‘net, trap’ (see toile)

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toils f28 [tɔɪlz] [tɔɪlz] noun plural (formal or literary)
if you are caught in the toils of an unpleasant feeling or situation, you cannot escape from it
Syn: snare
 
Word Origin:
[toils] early 16th cent. (denoting a net into which a hunted animal is driven): plural of toil, from Old French toile ‘net, trap’, from Latin tela ‘web’.

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