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 the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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