Definition of tweel
- Scottish variant of twill
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Definition of tweel
plural -s
: the closure of a glass furnace:
a
: a clay covering for the furnace mouth
b
: a counterweighted furnace door
Origin and Etymology of tweel
French tuile, literally, tile, alteration of Old French teule, tiule, from Latin tegula
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