[f. TWILL sb.1 or TWILLED a.1] trans. To weave so as to produce diagonal ridges on the surface of the cloth.
1808–18. Jamieson, To … tweel, v. a., to work cloth in such a manner, that the woof appears to cross the warp vertically.
1828. Craven Gloss., Twill, to weave in a particular manner.
1839. Ure, Dict. Arts, 1231. Florentine silks are tweeled with sixteen leaves.
1870. Rock, Text. Fabr., vii. (1876), 73. Fustian … with a warp of linen thread and a woof of thick cotton, so twilled and cut that it showed on one side a thick but low pile.
