twill

== English == === Alternative forms === tweel === Etymology === From Middle English twyll, twylle, from Old English twilīċ (“two-threaded”), a partial calque of Latin bilix, bilic-, from bis (“twice”) + licium (“thread”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /twɪl/, [twɪɫ] Rhymes: -ɪl Homophone: 'twill === Noun === twill (countable and uncountable, plural twills) (weaving) A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving. A cloth or portion of cloth woven in such a pattern. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === twill (third-person singular simple present twills, present participle twilling, simple past and past participle twilled) (transitive) To weave (cloth, etc.) so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface. ==== Derived terms ==== twilled