Middle English Dictionary Entry
twil(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | twil(e n. Also twel, tuile. |
| Etymology | Chiefly N. From twilī n. or OE twilīc, twilī adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A kind of woven fabric, twill; ~ cloth.
Associated quotations
- (c1330) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100519 : In 2 peciis de Twyle pro saccis faciendis, 58 s.
- (1335-6) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100529 : In 2 pec. panni de Twyll pro saccis.
- (1371) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99130 : Mappar, etc..iij savenaps, iiij manutergia de Twel.
- (1375) in Boys Hist.Sandwich (1792) [OD col.]556/2 : De chescun twylecloth de la lb..ij d.
- (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4514 : De j mappa mensali de twill, continente xiij ulnas.
- (1433) Will York in Sur.Soc.3049 : Do et lego..Katerinae..unam tuellam de twill cum nigris lystez.
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6029 : ij faire smal auter clothez, also a tuyle cloth for the auter.
- (a1451) Will York in Sur.Soc.4599 : j pulvinare, coopertum cum twyle, ij d.
- (1466) in Cox Churches Derb.4.86 : To the hye altar belongeth..ij towels of twyll, And iij of playn Irishe clothe.
- (1471) Act Ripon in Sur.Soc.64153 : Lego altari meæ Sancti Andreæ Apostoli unum altar-clauth de small twill.