Twill

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A fabric with diagonal parallel ribs.
  • n. The weave used to produce such a fabric.
  • v. To weave (cloth) so as to produce a pattern of diagonal parallel ribs.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a pattern created by the way threads are passed over and under each other during weaving
  • n. a piece of cloth with this woven pattern
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A fabric woven with a twill.
  • n. A quill, or spool, for yarn.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To weave in a particular way (see twill, n.), producing diagonal ribs in the stuff.
  • n. A variety of textile fabric in which the weft-threads do not pass over and under the warp-threads in regular succession, as in common plain weaving. but pass over one and under two, over one and under three, or over one and under eight or ten, according to the kind of twill.
  • n. The raised line made by twilling.
  • n. A reed; a quill; a spool to wind yarn on.
  • To quill; trim with quilling or fluting.
  • The great fat pincushion lined with pink inside, and twilled like a lady's nightcap.
  • A dialectal variant of till.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs
  • n. a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs
  • v. weave diagonal lines into (textiles)
  • Verb Form
    twilled    twilling    twills   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    weave    cloth    fabric    material    textile    tissue   
    Form
    twilled    twilling   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bastille    Belleville    Bill    Brazil    Brill    Gil    Gill    Hill    Jill    Lil   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ’twould    pajama    'twill    thou'lt    snug-fitting    denim    'to    gabardine    ud    doeskin