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Webster 1913 Edition


Raddle

Rad′dle

(răd′d’l)
,
Noun.
[Cf. G.
räder
,
rädel
, sieve, or perhaps E.
reed
.]
1.
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.
2.
A hedge or fence made with raddles; – called also
raddle hedge
.
Todd.
3.
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.

Rad′dle

(răd′d’l)
,
Verb.
T.
To interweave or twist together.
Raddling
or working it up like basket work.
De Foe.

Rad′dle

(răd′d’l)
,
Noun.
[Cf.
Ruddle
.]
A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle.
“A raddle of rouge.”
Thackeray.

Rad′dle

,
Verb.
T.
To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle.
“Whitened and
raddled
old women.”
Thackeray.

Webster 1828 Edition


Raddle

RAD'DLE

, v.t.
To twist; to wind together. [Not in use.]

RAD'DLE

,
Noun.
[supra.] A long stick used in hedging; also, a hedge formed by interweaving the shoots and branches of trees or shrubs.
[I believe the two foregoing words are not used in the United States, and probably they are local.]

Definition 2024


raddle

raddle

English

Noun

raddle (plural raddles)

  1. A red ochre.
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Verb

raddle (third-person singular simple present raddles, present participle raddling, simple past and past participle raddled)

  1. To mark with raddle; to daub something red.
  2. To interweave or twist together.
    • Daniel Defoe
      Raddling or working it up like basket work.
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See also

Etymology 2

Compare German word for "sieve", or perhaps English reed.

Noun

raddle (plural raddles)

  1. A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
  2. A hedge or fence made with raddles.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Todd to this entry?)
  3. 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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