| 单词 | four-leaf twill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfour-leaf twill b. With modifying number: designating twill woven in a pattern formed by passing the warp over the indicated number of wefts and then under one weft, as twill of three (also four, five etc.) leaves, four-leaf twill, eight-leaf twill, etc. ΚΠ 1807 J. Duncan Pract. & Descriptive Ess. Art of Weaving: Pt. I 101 In the eight leaf tweel, two leaves are omitted. 1888 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 464/2 Regular twills of from four to eight leaves are woven in the same manner. 1931 Anniston (Alabama) Star 12 Mar. 3/5 Of genuine 4-Leaf Twill Cotton. 1976 Current Industr. Rep.: Cotton Broadwoven Gray Goods Summary 1975 (U.S. Dept. Commerce) 5 (table) Four leaf twills Under 52 inches. 2007 J. G. Bralla Hand-bk. Manufacturing Processes 747/1 In the most common arrangement, an eight-leaf twill, the weft is intersected and bound down at every eighth pick. < as lemmas |
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