1779 in (1906) 2nd Ser. III. 154 [A] blue long elk saddle cloth lined with tow linen.
1843 R. Carlton xi. 79 His tow-linen trowsers.
1884 ‘M. Twain’ xx. 172 Some of the children didn't have on any clothes but just a tow-linen shirt.
1921 J. Buchan xiii. 259 He wore an old skin shirt and a pair of tow-linen pants.