twill
twill is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 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.Etym: [Perhaps fr. guill.] A quill, or spool, for yarn.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- cocker
- cockle
- corrugate
- corrugation
- crankle
- crease
- crimple
- crinkle
- crumple
- curl
- double
- doubling
- down
- duplicature
- ear
- elbow
- feet
- flexion
- flexure
- flounce
- flute
- fluted
- fold
- frizzle
- frounce
- gather
- hem
- joint
- lapel
- plait
- pleat
- plicate
- plication
- plicature
- ply
- pucker
- rimple
- rivel
- ruck
- ruffle
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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