twilltweeln.1
/twɪl/, U.S. /twɪl/ /twiːl/ a. 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 at α. , a twilled cloth used as a covering for a bed or mattress.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > twilled
twilly1310
twill1329
tweddling1541
tindling1565
twilling1839
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β. 1371 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 130 iiij manutergia de Twel.1571 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 360 vj twealed bord clothes short and long.] 1647 in W. Mure Select. Family Papers Caldwell (1854) I. 99 4 elnes of Northland tueill at 14 ss ye elne.a1724 in Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 29 (Maggie's Tocher) Ye shall hae twa good pocks That anes were o' the tweel.1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 75 As good a tweel as ever came aff a pirn.1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 220 Manchester tweel, or by whatever more proper denomination..a white waistcoat may be characterized.1329 Acc. Chamberl. Scotl. (1771) 7 Sexaginta et decem ulnarum de twyll.
1330 in Dalrymple Ann. Scot. (1797) III. 356 De 70 ulnis de twylle.
c1330 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 519 In 2 peciis de Twyle pro saccis faciendis.
1335–6 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 529 In 2 pec. panni de Twyll pro saccis.
1465 in Reg. Guild Corpus Christi York (1872) 294 Una mappa de twill, cont. viij ulnas.
1511 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 2 j mensale de le twile.
1552 in W. Page Inventories Church Goods York, Durham & Northumberland (1897) 10 One vestment of read twill.
1583 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 12 Fivffe and tynty yardes of tywlle to be sakes.
1586 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 29 Sixtene yardes of tylle to be scakes.
1586 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 34 Sixtene yardes of tywell for to be sackes.
1670 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) 115 All that lay on twills and bedsteads were sorely bitten with little bugs.
a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 65 In 1 Hundred of Tiking and Twill of Scotland, 120 Ells.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Twill, a sort of coarse linen cloth, of which loose frocks, trowsers, &c. are made for working men.
1854 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts II. 954/1 Twills are distinguished by the number of leaves required in weaving them, as a three-leaf twill.
1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 310 A large piece of black twill, or other opaque material.
b. The, or a, method or process of weaving this fabric (also figurative); also the ribbed appearance or diagonal pattern of the material so woven.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > weaving other types of fabric
tie1831
twill1839
pile-weaving1863
twilling1880
snowflake1882
leno1968
a1807 J. Skinner Amusem. Leisure Hours (1809) 103 Some pawky chiel, That..seems to understand the tweel O' rustic rhyme.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 373 Crape..is woven with any crossing or tweel.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1231 The first is the regular or run tweel, which..interweaves the warp and woof only at every fifth interval.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 178/1 When..in addition to a twill, the weaver has to produce..any kind of figure.
1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Twill, the pattern of a piece running diagonally from left to right.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
twill bolster n.
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1656 Melrose Regality Rec. (S.H.S.) 185 A tueile bolster.
twill calico n.
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1904 Woollen Draper's Terms in Tailor & Cutt. 4 Aug. 480/1 Twill Calico, a rather heavy calico with a twill pattern on it.
twill cloth n.
twill-heddle n.
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1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1236 For such a pattern.., two sets of common tweel-heddles, moved in the ordinary way,..are sufficient.
twill hem n.
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1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 420 My favourite coloured cloth, bright pink, with a cardinal twill hem round it.
twill overall n.
twill-sheet n.
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1586 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 34 Tyntie yardes of grete canves for to be a grete tyllshite, vijs.
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twill-wove n.
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1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 109 Strong twilled flannel with closely twill-wove self-edge..used for petticoats.
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twill set n. see quot. 1909.
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1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Supp. at Set1 Twill set, one of the three methods of inserting wire into the foundation of card-clothing.
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twilln.2
/twɪl/, U.S. /twɪl/ regional.
= quill n.1
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the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > part of
pen1381
quill?a1425
dowlc1535
rib1545
web1575
pilec1600
twill1664
beard1688
pinion1691
vane1713
shaft1748
beardlet1804
medulla1826
barb1835
barbule1835
stem1845
feather-pulp1859
aftershaft1867
barbicel1869
filament1870
vexillum1871
scape1872
rachis1874
harl1877
calamus1878
radius1882
ramus1882
scapus1882
cilia1884
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > winding on spool or bobbin > spool or bobbin
spoolc1325
pirn1440
rocket1440
quillc1450
bobbin1530
reed1530
spill1594
twill1664
ratchet1728
pirnie1776
runner1784
reel1785
spindle1837
society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > pen > quill pen
featherc1000
swan-pen1426
goose-quill1552
quill1552
goose-pena1616
pen1653
quill pen1725
crow-quill1740
twill1825
swan-quill1839
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 8 You may plainly see the twills by which they [feathers] stick to the wings.
1691 J. Ray N. Country Words (E.D.S.) Twill,..a spoole... In the South they call it winding of quills.
1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 361 Twill, a quill.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Twill, a quill; either for a pen, or on which to wind yarn.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 183 Twill, a quill.
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twilltweelv.1
/twɪl/, U.S. /twɪl/ /twiːl/ transitive. To weave so as to produce diagonal ridges on the surface of the cloth.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [verb (transitive)] > weave > weave in specific ways
pirn1494
attex1654
interlace1694
damask1706
reweave1717
outweave1805
tweddle1808
twill1808
overweave1818
shot1847
1808–18 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To..tweel, v.a., to work cloth in such a manner, that the woof appears to cross the warp vertically.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Twill, to weave in a particular manner.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1231 Florentine silks are tweeled with sixteen leaves.
1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. lxxxvi Fustian,..with a warp of linen thread and a woof of thick cotton, which was so twilled and cut that it showed on one side a thick but low pile.
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twillv.2
regional.
= quill v. 1.
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the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > fold [verb (transitive)] > arrange in folds or pleat
cremil1377
pinchc1387
pleatc1390
plaitc1400
plighta1425
ridelc1450
pranka1529
plat?1533
surfle1573
quill1607
twill1847
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xvi. 140 The great fat pincushion lined with pink inside, and twilled like a lady's nightcap.
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