Definition of twill

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Twill (v. i.) To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface..

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Drap D'ete :: Drap d'ete () A thin woolen fabric, twilled like merino..
Tobine :: Tobine (n.) A stout twilled silk used for dresses.
Bombazine :: Bombazine (n.) A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments..
Jean :: Jean (n.) A twilled cotton cloth.
Ratteen :: Ratteen (n.) A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled.
Silesia :: Silesia (n.) A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings..
Gambroon :: Gambroon (n.) A kind of twilled linen cloth for lining.
Twill :: Twill (v. t.) A quill, or spool, for yarn..
Levantine :: Levantine (n.) A stout twilled silk fabric, formerly made in the Levant..
Shalloon :: Shalloon (n.) A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff..
Twill :: Twill (v. t.) 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..
Tweel :: Tweel (n. & v.) See Twill.
Fustian :: Fustian (n.) A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc..
Dimity :: Dimity (n.) A cotton fabric employed for hangings and furniture coverings, and formerly used for women's under-garments. It is of many patterns, both plain and twilled, and occasionally is printed in colors..
Twilled :: Twilled (imp. & p. p.) of Twil.
Willow :: Willow (n.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil..
Armure :: Armure (n.) A variety of twilled fabric ribbed on the surface.
Twilly :: Twilly (n.) A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil, n., 6, and Willy..
Twilling :: Twilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twil.
Jane :: Jane (n.) A kind of twilled cotton cloth. See Jean.
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