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Weaving > Weaving techniques > Twill (fabric)
PREFERRED TERM
Twill (fabric)  
DEFINITION
  • n. Middle English from a Scots and northern English variant of obsolete twilly, from Old English twi- ‘two’, suggested by Latin bilix ‘two-threaded’. It is an broad term, usually referring to any fabric made with a twill weave, which is characterized by a diagonal rib, or twill line.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • CIETA. Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980. Stevenson, Angus, ed. Oxford Dictionary of English. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2010. Phipps, Elena. Looking at Textiles. A guide to technical terms. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2011.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Serge (tissu)

French

Saia (tessuto)

Italian

spiga
twill
spina
sargia
diagonale
Sarga (tejido)

Spanish

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