twill
noun/twɪl/
/twɪl/
[uncountable]- a type of strong cloth that is made in a particular way to produce a surface of raised diagonal lines
- a cotton twill skirt
Word OriginMiddle English: from a Scots and northern English variant of obsolete twilly, from Old English twi- ‘two’, suggested by Latin bilix ‘two-threaded’.Definitions on the go
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