...Because it is not brushed or shrunk, the weave is clear, and it is rough to the touch and voluminous. The etymology of the word comes from the fact that the rough twill, originally woven in the Border region on the border between England and Scotland, was spelled tweel in Scottish in the mid-18th century, and a London merchant mistook it for tweed because it was woven in the Tweed River basin in this region. The most representative multi-colored scheme is called heather color, and is familiar as the color of natural plants and flowers in England, Scotland, and Ireland. *Some of the terminology that mentions "twill" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…起毛や縮絨(しゆくじゆう)を行わないため織り目がはっきりし,手触りも粗く量感がある。語源は,本来イングランドとスコットランドの国境に位置するボーダー地方で織られていた粗剛な綾織のツイルtwillが,18世紀半ばころにスコットランド語でtweelとつづられ,しかもこの地方のトウィード川流域で製織されていたことからロンドンの商人がtweedと誤記したことによる。代表的な多色配色はヘザー・カラーheather colorと呼ばれ,イングランド,スコットランド,アイルランドの自然の草花の色調として親しまれている。… ※「twill」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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