twill : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: twill	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for twill
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twill n a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs Synonym(s): twill, twill weave a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs v weave diagonal lines into (textiles)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.