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What (who) is twill - definition
TEXTILE WEAVE IN WHICH WEFT THREADS PASS OVER ONE AND UNDER TWO OR MORE THREADS OF THE WARP, PRODUCING A DIAGONAL RIB OR PATTERN
Twill weave; Twill Weave; Twills
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twill
Twill is cloth, usually cotton, that is woven in a way which produces parallel sloping lines across it.
N-UNCOUNT
Twill
·vt A quill, or spool, for yarn.
II. Twill ·vt A fabric women with a twill.
III. Twill ·vi To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.
IV. Twill ·vt 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.
twill
¦ noun a fabric so woven as to have a surface of diagonal parallel ridges.
Derivatives
twilled adjective
Origin
ME: from a var. of obs. twilly, from OE twi- 'two'.
Wikipedia
Twill
Twill is a type of textile weave with a pattern of diagonal parallel ribs. It is one of three fundamental types of textile weaves along with plain weave and satin. It is made by passing the weft thread over one or more warp threads then under two or more warp threads and so on, with a "step," or offset, between rows to create the characteristic diagonal pattern. Because of this structure, twill generally drapes well.
Examples of use of twill
1. He ordered it in cavalry twill and when it came in, workshop had done it in gabardine.
2. Her natural preference is for tweeds and wax coats, her only accessories a folded Hermes silk twill headscarf and pair of wellington boots.
3. Earlier tests on the clothing of the mummies had already linked the particular twill weave of their garments to similar textile designs found in ancient tombs in central Europe.
4. Bright side: Kate in a sleeveless silk–twill dress in pink, 840 Pilati, like Saint Laurent himself, believes in the fairness of democracy, so these pictures will appear in 24–page magazine, Manifesto, printed on recycled newspaper.
5. She actually preferred the gardener‘s company to anyone else‘s. ‘They do say, madam, that if you see a crow with a broken wing, that means "twill be a good year for raspberries," he would say in his fine Somerset voice, and she would lap it up.