twilling

twilling

See also: Twilling

English

Etymology

    From twill + -ing.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈtwɪlɪŋ/
    • Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ

    Noun

    twilling (countable and uncountable, plural twillings)

    1. Twilled fabric or patterning, or the process which produces this.
      • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 563:
        It seemed to Yashmeen that the secret of the Snazzbury frock lay in the lining, the precise, as one would say, microscopic fine-structure of the twilling, which after inspection seemed far from uniform in the way it skipped over the threads