1.
[syn: twill, twill weave]
2. a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs;
VERB (1)
1. weave diagonal lines into (textiles);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Twill \Twill\ (tw[i^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twilled
(tw[i^]l); p. pr. & vb. n. Twilling.] [Scotch tweel;
probably from LG. twillen to make double, from twi- two; akin
to AS. twi-, E. twi- in twilight. See Twice, and cf.
Tweed, Tweel.]
To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of
diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Twill \Twill\, n. [Scotch tweel. See Twill, v. t.]
1. An appearance of diagonal lines or ribs produced in
textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over
one and under two, or over one and under three or more,
warp threads, instead of over one and under the next in
regular succession, as in plain weaving.
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2. A fabric woven with a twill.
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3. [Perhaps fr. quill.] A quill, or spool, for yarn.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
twill
n 1: a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal
ribs [syn: twill, twill weave]
2: a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs
v 1: weave diagonal lines into (textiles)
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "twill":
braid, crease, crimp, crisp, dog-ear, double, double over, enfold,
enlace, entwine, flounce, flute, fold, fold over, frill, gather,
infold, interfold, interknit, interlace, intertie, intertissue,
intertwine, intertwist, interweave, intort, knit, lace, lap over,
loom, loop, mat, net, noose, plait, plat, pleach, pleat, plicate,
ply, quill, raddle, ruff, ruffle, splice, tissue, tuck, turn over,
twine, twist, wattle, weave, web, wreathe