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twilled en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (of fabric) Having diagonal parallel ribs.
2. (nonce-word) A Shakespearean word, perhaps meaning: woven with sticks to hinder erosion.
   • Thy bankes with pioned, and twilled brims 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 14:

Deriveds

untwilled

Relateds

tweed

Translations (2)

ga corránach (having diagonal ribs) · mi tōrua (having diagonal ribs)

twilled en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of twill
   form of twill