OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 48060

twill

/twɪl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sarga
A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.
Industrial uses of twill fabrics are mainly restricted to simple twills and only simple twills are described here. Broken twills, waved twills, herringbone twills and elongated twi…
The twill weave is always given a direction; a right-hand twill is one in which the twill line runs from bottom left to top right and a left-hand twill is one in which the twill li…
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