▪ I. tillet1, tillot
(ˈtɪlɪt), (ˈtɪlət)
Forms: 5 tyllete, tillette, 6 tyllet, 7 tillett, -it, 6– tillet, 9 -ot.
[app. ad. OF. tellette (14th c. in Godef. Compl.), collateral form of teilete, toilete a wrapper of cloth: see toilet.]
1. A kind of coarse cloth, used for wrapping up textile fabrics and (formerly) garments; also for making awnings.
| 1466 Mann. & Household Exp. (Roxb.) 211 Paid to Iohn Felaw for xij. yerdes of tyllete for the spynas. 1530 Palsgr. 281/1 Tyllet to wrap clothe in, toyllette. 1590 Inv. Sir T. Ramsey in Archæologia XL. 327 A scarlet cloke faced w{supt}{suph} gray with the tillet. 1637 Specif. S. Mason's Patent No. 106 The sole dying of buckromes and tillits. 1837 Whittock, etc. Bk. Trades (1842) 246 The tillet, or little cloth, for encasing glazed stuffs intended for a foreign market, was the first approach towards pattern floor-cloth painting. 1904 Times 5 Sept. 1/2 Mr. Justice Farwell..restrained..the said Defendants..from wrapping up any goods..in lining papers and tillots supplied by the Plaintiffs. |
b. A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a covering for dress-goods.
| 1871 in M{supc}Elrath Dict. Commerce (Funk). |
† 2. A tilt or awning. Obs.
| 1497 Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 110 Cartes with tillettes for shott with all apparelle. |
Hence ˈtilloting, in tilloting cloth, a cloth used as a wrapper, esp. for textile fabrics.
| 1884 Specif. Tiller's Patent No. 2357 Improvements in tillotting cloths. |
▪ II. † tillet2 Obs.
Also 7 tylet.
[a. OF. tillet, teillet (14–15th c. in Godef.), dim. of til, teil; see teil and -et1.]
A lime or linden-tree.
| 1601 Holland Pliny (1634) II. 7 The thin barks of the Linden or Tillet tree. Ibid. 185. 1686 tr. Chardin's Trav. Persia 370 Groves of Poplers and Tylets, which they plant to serve 'em for building their Houses. |