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单词 tweeled
释义 I. twilled, tweeled, a.1|twɪld|, |twiːld|
[f. twill n.1 and v.1 + -ed.]
Woven with a twill; having diagonal lines or ridges on the surface.
c1423in Raine Abps. York (Rolls) III. 306, j fethirbed de panno vocato twylled.1536Test. Ebor. (Surtees) VI. 53 A long twilte towell.1536Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) III. 141 Two dossyn napkyns, one twilled towell.1571Ibid. I. 360, vj twealed bord clothes short and long.1666in Maitl. Club Misc. (1840) II. 539 Another greene tuilled night cap.1805Trans. Soc. Arts XXIII. 249 Any web, twilled, striped, checked or plain.1824Hogg Tales & Sk. (1837) V. 206 (Mem. Fanatic) His coat..is tweeled, milled, and thicker than a carpet.1831G. R. Porter Silk Manuf. 236 Tweeled or twilled cloth is a description of figure weaving.1857Miller Elem. Chem. (1862) III. 87 A filtering apparatus consisting of tubes of twilled cotton.
II. twilled, a.2 Obs.
Origin and meaning uncertain: numerous conjectures have been offered by commentators, but none has met with general acceptance. Cf. pioned.
1610Shakes. Temp. iv. i. 64 Thy bankes with pioned, and twilled brims Which spungie Aprill at thy hest betrims.
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