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twill weave

textile weave in which weft threads pass over one and under two or more threads of the warp, producing a diagonal rib or pattern
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twill weave

Summary

twill weave ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • twill weave is a type of weave[2].
  • twill weave's Commons category is recorded as Twill[3].
  • twill weave's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[4].
  • twill weave's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5].
  • twill weave's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • twill weave's different from is recorded as twill[7].

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Definition and Type

twill weave is a type of weave[2].

Why It Matters

twill weave ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Europeana Fashion Thesaurus v1. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
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    Subclass of → weave
    Different from → twill
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007558419805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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