raddle

noun
/ˈɹædəl/

Etymology

From earlier radel, redle (noun), and ruddle (verb), perhaps a transposition of hurdle or an alteration of riddle (“curtain”).

Definitions

  1. A red ochre.

  2. To mark with raddle

    To mark with raddle; to daub something red.

  3. To interweave or twist together.

    • raddling or working it up like basket work
  4. + 4 more definitions
    1. To do work in a slovenly way.

    2. A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or…

      A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.

    3. A hedge or fence made with raddles.

      • A raddle - hedge is a hedge of pleached or plash'd or twisted or wreathed twigs or boughs
    4. An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by…

      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.

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