twilled
Verb
  1. Simple past tense and past participle of twill
Adjective
  1. (of fabric) Having diagonal parallel ribs.
  2. (nonce) A Shakespearean word, perhaps meaning: woven with sticks to hinder erosion.
    • 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene i], page 14 ↗:
      Thy bankes with pioned, and twilled brims



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