twill
noun/twɪl/
/twɪl/
[uncountable]- a type of strong cloth that is made in a particular way to produce a surface of raised diagonal lines
- a cotton twill skirt
Word OriginMiddle English: from a Scots and northern English variant of obsolete twilly, from Old English twi- ‘two’, suggested by Latin bilix ‘two-threaded’.Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
twill