twilled

English

Verb

twilled

simple past and past participle of twill

Adjective

twilled

(of fabric) Having diagonal parallel ribs.
(nonce word) A Shakespearean word, perhaps meaning: woven with sticks to hinder erosion.
- 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:
  Thy bankes with pioned, and twilled brims

Translations

having diagonal ribs

Irish: corránach
Maori: tōrua

Anagrams

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