Balls of fibre formed on clothing through usage, often called pill or pills.

present participle of pill

plural of pilling

plural of Pilling

A surname. / A village in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4048).

(obsolete) The peel or skin.

(now UK regional) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.

(broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. / Hyponyms: tablet, caplet, capsule, lozenge

(obsolete) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark. / To peel; to make by removing the skin. / To be peeled; to peel off in flakes. / (obsolete) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.

(intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber. / To form into the shape of a pill. / (transitive) To medicate with pills.