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twill |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Twill \Twill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twilled}; 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. A fabric women with a twill. 3. [Perhaps fr guill.] A quill, or spool, for yarn. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: twill adj : of textiles; having parallel raised lines [syn: {corded}, {pique}, {twilled}] n 1: a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs [syn: {twill weave}] 2: a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs v : weave diagonal lines into of textiles
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