Toil (?), n. [F. toiles, pl., toils, nets, fr. toile cloth, canvas, spider web, fr. L. tela any woven stuff, a web, fr. texere to weave. See Text, and cf. Toilet.] A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.
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As a Numidian lion, when first caught,
Endures the toil that holds him. Denham.
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Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found. Dryden.
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Toil, v. t. 1. To weary; to overlabor. [Obs.] “Toiled with works of war.” Shak.
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2. To labor; to work; -- often with out. [R.]
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Places well toiled and husbanded. Holland.
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[I] toiled out my uncouth passage. Milton.
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