0 an act of cleaning and smoothing something, or of drying a person or animal: --
1 the act of rubbing someone's body to dry it or to make it feel better: --
I got a rubdown after my workout.
Bathing was ritualized, becoming an art of cleansing sands, hot water, hot air in dark vaulted vapor baths, a cooling plunge, a rubdown with aromatic oils.
As part of the normal security arrangements in operation at all prison establishments, visitors receive a rubdown search.
In the case of a rubdown search, the suspect would have the right to go to a senior officer if he or she so wished.
