toil

³toil

noun

Definition of TOIL

1

: a net to trap game

2

: something by which one is held fast or inextricably involved : snare, trap —usually used in plural <caught in the toils of the law>

Origin of TOIL

Middle French toile cloth, net, from Old French teile, Latin tela cloth on a loom — more at subtle

First Known Use: circa 1529