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▪ I. tillet1, tillot|ˈtɪlɪt|, |ˈtɪlət| Forms: 5 tyllete, tillette, 6 tyllet, 7 tillett, -it, 6– tillet, 9 -ot. [app. ad. OF. tellette (14th c. in Godef. Compl.), collateral form of teilete, toilete a wrapper of cloth: see toilet.] 1. A kind of coarse cloth, used for wrapping up textile fabrics and (formerly) garments; also for making awnings.
1466Mann. & Household Exp. (Roxb.) 211 Paid to Iohn Felaw for xij. yerdes of tyllete for the spynas. 1530Palsgr. 281/1 Tyllet to wrap clothe in, toyllette. 1590Inv. Sir T. Ramsey in Archæologia XL. 327 A scarlet cloke faced wth gray with the tillet. 1637Specif. S. Mason's Patent No. 106 The sole dying of buckromes and tillits. 1837Whittock, etc. Bk. Trades (1842) 246 The tillet, or little cloth, for encasing glazed stuffs intended for a foreign market, was the first approach towards pattern floor-cloth painting. 1904Times 5 Sept. 1/2 Mr. Justice Farwell..restrained..the said Defendants..from wrapping up any goods..in lining papers and tillots supplied by the Plaintiffs. b. A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a covering for dress-goods.
1871in McElrath Dict. Commerce (Funk). †2. A tilt or awning. Obs.
1497Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 110 Cartes with tillettes for shott with all apparelle. Hence ˈtilloting, in tilloting cloth, a cloth used as a wrapper, esp. for textile fabrics.
1884Specif. Tiller's Patent No. 2357 Improvements in tillotting cloths. ▪ II. † tillet2 Obs. Also 7 tylet. [a. OF. tillet, teillet (14–15th c. in Godef.), dim. of til, teil; see teil and -et1.] A lime or linden-tree.
1601Holland Pliny (1634) II. 7 The thin barks of the Linden or Tillet tree. Ibid. 185. 1686 tr. Chardin's Trav. Persia 370 Groves of Poplers and Tylets, which they plant to serve 'em for building their Houses. |