trilled

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“Yes, I want some twilled silesia, a paper of number nine needles, and two yards of narrow lavender ribbon. Have you got your thick boots on, and something warm under your cloak?”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

In drilling or any other twilled goods, several harnesses have to be used because the warp thread is not lowered directly in line with the one preceding, but diagonally.

From Makers of Many Things by Tappan, Eva March

"Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims, Which spongy April at thy best betrims, To make cold nymphs chaste crowns."

From Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various

The weft moves across the warps as in twilled cloth, over two, under two, with an advance of one warp at each line of weft.

From Aboriginal American Weaving by Kissell, Mary Lois

It is of various colors, and may be plain or twilled.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah