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▪ I. twill, tweel, n.1|twɪl|, |twiːl|
Forms: α. 4 twyle, 6 twile; 4–5 twyll (6 tywell), 4–6 twylle (6 tywlle, tylle), 5– twill (7 tuill). β. 4 twel, 6 tweal-, 7 Sc. tueill, tueile, 8– (orig. Sc.) tweel.
[Northern and Sc. forms of twĭle twilly n.1, with normal dropping of the final -e, and (esp. in Sc.) lengthening of original ĭ to ē in the stem-syllable: cf. the Sc. forms of the verbs swill, till.]
A woven fabric characterized by parallel diagonal ridges or ribs, produced by causing the weft threads to pass over one and under two or more threads of the warp, instead of over and under in regular succession, as in plain weaving.
In quot. 1670, a twilled cloth used as a covering for a bed or mattress.
α1329Acc. Chamberl. Scotl. (1771) 7 Sexaginta et decem ulnarum de twyll. 1330in Dalrymple Ann. Scot. (1797) III. 356 De 70 ulnis de twylle. c1330Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 519 In ij pec. de Twyle pro saccis faciendis. 1335–6Ibid. 529 In ij peciis panni de Twyll pro saccis. 1465Reg. Gild Co. Chr. York (1872) 294 Una mappa de twill, cont. viij ulnas. 1511Knaresborough Wills (Surtees) I. 2, j mensale de le twile. 1552Inv. Ch. Goods (Surtees No. 97) 10 One vestment of read twill. 1583Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 12 Fivffe and tynty yardes of tywlle to be sakes. 1586Ibid. 29 Sixtene yardes of tylle to be scakes. Ibid. 34 Sixtene yardes of tywell for to be sackes. 1670Covel in Early Voy. Levant (Hakl. Soc.) 115 All that lay on twills and bedsteads were sorely bitten with little bugs. 1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 65 In 1 Hundred of Tiking and Twill of Scotland, 120 Ells. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Twill, a sort of coarse linen cloth, of which loose frocks, trowsers, &c. are made for working men. 1851–4Tomlinson's Cycl. Usef. Arts (1867) II. 856/1 Twills are distinguished by the number of leaves required in weaving them, as a three-leaf twill. 1889Anthony's Photogr. Bull. II. 310 A large piece of black twill, or other opaque material.
β1371Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 130, iiij manutergia de Twel. [1571: see twilled a.1] 1647Caldwell Pap. (Maitl. Cl.) I. 99, 4 elnes of Northland tueill at 14 ss ye elne. a1724in Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 29 (Maggie's Tocher) Ye shall hae twa good pocks That anes were o' the tweel. 1815Scott Guy M. xxvi, As gude a tweel as ever cam aff a pirn. 1824Blackw. Mag. XV. 220 Manchester tweel, or by whatever more proper denomination..a white waistcoat may be characterized.
b. The, or a, method or process of weaving this fabric (also fig.); also the ribbed appearance or diagonal pattern of the material so woven.
c1779in J. Skinner Misc. Poet. (1809) 185 Some pawky chiel, That..seems to understand the tweel O' rustic rhyme. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 373 Crape..is woven with any crossing or tweel. Ibid. 1231 The first is the regular or run tweel, which..interweaves the warp and woof only at every fifth interval. 1843Penny Cycl. XXVII. 178/1 When..in addition to a twill, the weaver has to produce..any kind of figure. 1892Labour Commission Gloss., Twill, the pattern of a piece running diagonally from left to right.
c. attrib. and Comb., as twill bolster, twill calico, twill cloth, twill-heddle, twill hem, twill overall; twill-wove adj.; twill set: see quot.
1656Melrose Regality Rec. (S.H.S.) 185 A *tueile bolster.
1904Woollen Draper's Terms in Tailor & Cutt. 4 Aug. 480/1 *Twill Calico, a rather heavy calico with a twill pattern on it.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 1236 For such a pattern.., two sets of common *tweel-heddles, moved in the ordinary way,..are sufficient.
1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 420 My favourite coloured cloth, bright pink, with a cardinal *twill hem round it.
1909Cent. Dict. Supp. s.v. Set1, *Twill set, one of the three methods of inserting wire into the foundation of card-clothing.
1880Plain Hints Needlework 109 Strong twilled flannel with closely *twill-wove self-edge..used for petticoats.
▪ II. twill, n.2|twɪl|
dial. var. quill n.1
1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 8 You may plainly see the twills by which they [feathers] stick to the wings. 1691Ray N.C. Words (E.D.S.), Twill,..a spoole... In the South they call it winding of quills. 1788W. Marshall Yorksh. II. Gloss. (E.D.S.), Twill, a quill. 1825Brockett N.C. Words, Twill, a quill; either for a pen, or on which to wind yarn. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss.
▪ III. twill, tweel, v.1|twɪl|, |twiːl|
[f. twill n.1 or twilled a.1]
trans. To weave so as to produce diagonal ridges on the surface of the cloth.
1808–18Jamieson, To..tweel, v.a., to work cloth in such a manner, that the woof appears to cross the warp vertically. 1828Craven Gloss., Twill, to weave in a particular manner. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 1231 Florentine silks are tweeled with sixteen leaves. 1870Rock Text. Fabr. vii. (1876) 73 Fustian..with a warp of linen thread and a woof of thick cotton, so twilled and cut that it showed on one side a thick but low pile.
▪ IV. twill, v.2
dial. var. quill v.; cf. twill n.2
1848Thackeray Van. Fair xvi, The great fat pin-cushion lined with pink inside, and twilled like a lady's night-cap.
▪ V. † twill
obs. form of tewel.
1611Florio, Budello dritto, the twill, the longaon or straight gut. 1659in Torriano. |