tillow
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪləʊ
Etymology 1
From Middle English *tilwe, *telwe, from Old English telga, telge (“twig, branch, shoot”). More at tiller.
Noun
tillow (plural tillows)
- Alternative form of tiller
- (Britain dialectal) Branch; twig; shoot.
Etymology 2
From Middle English *tilwen, *telwien, *telȝen, from Old English telgian (“to put forth branches”).
Alternative forms
- telly
Verb
tillow (third-person singular simple present tillows, present participle tillowing, simple past and past participle tillowed)
- Alternative form of tiller
- (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To spread; branch out; send forth shoots.