Raddle

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A hurdle.
  • noun. plural Small wood or sticks split like laths to bind a wall for the plastering it over with loam or mortar.
  • noun. A piece of wood interwoven with others between stakes to form a fence.
  • noun. A hedge formed by interweaving the shoots and branches of trees or shrubs.
  • noun. A wooden bar with a row of upright pegs, employed by domestic weavers in some places to keep the warp of a proper width, and to prevent it from becoming entangled when it is wound upon the beam.
  • noun. In metal-working, a rabble.
  • noun. Same as reddle.
  • noun. A layer of red pigment.
  • To paint with or as if with raddle; color coarsely, as with rouge.
  • To get over (work) in a careless, slovenly manner.
  • To weave; interweave; wind together; wattle.
  • To “baste”; beat.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To interweave or twist together.
  • noun. A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is interwoven with others, between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
  • noun. A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge.
  • noun. An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom.
  • noun. A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle.
  • transitive verb. To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A red ochre.
  • verb. To mark with raddle; to daub something red.
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  • noun. a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking
  • verb. twist or braid together, interlace
  • verb. mark or paint with raddle
  • Word Usage
    "It may have been used as a sort of a "raddle," a tool used for assisting to keep the warp threads in position when being beamed, _i. e._ put on to the loom."
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