twilling

See also: Twilling

English

Etymology

From twill +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwɪlɪŋ/

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