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twilling, tweeling|ˈtwɪlɪŋ|, |ˈtwiːlɪŋ| [f. twill n.1 or v.1 + -ing1.] A twilled fabric or texture; also, the process of producing this. Also, attrib. twilling-bar, a device in the twilling-machine; twilling-hook, one of the hooks for lifting the warp-threads in a twilling-machine; twilling-machine, a modification of the Jacquard loom.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 385 Damask belongs to that species of texture which is distinguished by practical men by the name of tweeling. 1880Plain Hints Needlework 122 The regularity of the parallel lines is broken in various ways, in fanciful twillings. 1894T. W. Fox Mechanism Weaving vi. 168 The advantage of a twilling machine over an ordinary Jacquard. Ibid. 171 When [the] barrel is pegged to produce the desired pattern, twilling bars..will turn two or more griffe blades vertical, and push corresponding twilling hooks over slanting blades. |