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twill

  [twil] ,
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–noun
1. a fabric constructed in twill weave.
2. a garment, as a suit or trousers, of this fabric.
3. twill weave.
–verb (used with object)
4. to weave in the manner of a twill.
5. to weave in twill construction.
Origin:
1300–50; north and Scots var. of twilly (n.), ME twyle, OE twilī(c), half trans., half adoption of L bilīc- (s. of bilīx) having double thread. See twi-

'twill

  [twil]
a contraction of it will.
Usage note:
See contraction.

twill weave

 
–noun
one of the basic weave structures in which the filling threads are woven over and under two or more warp yarns, producing a characteristic diagonal pattern.
Also called twill.
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twill   (twĭl)   
n.  
  1. A fabric with diagonal parallel ribs.
  2. The weave used to produce such a fabric.
tr.v.   twilled, twill·ing, twills
To weave (cloth) so as to produce a pattern of diagonal parallel ribs.

[Middle English twile, from Old English twilīc, woven of double thread; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]
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Twill

Twill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Twilling.] [Scotch tweel; probably from LG. twillen to make double, from twi- two; akin to AS. twi-, E. twi- in twilight. See Twice, and cf. Tweed, Tweel.] To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.

Twill

Twill\, n. [Scotch tweel. See Twill, v. t.]

1. An appearance of diagonal lines or ribs produced in textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over one and under two, or over one and under three or more, warp threads, instead of over one and under the next in regular succession, as in plain weaving.

2. A fabric women with a twill.

3. [Perhaps fr. guill.] A quill, or spool, for yarn.
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twill 
"cloth woven in parallel diagonal lines," 1329, Scottish and northern English variant of M.E. twile, from O.E. twili "woven with double thread, twilled," formed on model of L. bilix "with a double thread" (with O.E. twi- substituted for cognate L. bi-), from L. licium "thread," of uncertain origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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