Raddle
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈrædəl/
- Rhymes: -ædəl
Origin 1
Related to red.
Verb
- To mark with raddle; to daub something red.
- To interweave or twist together.
- Daniel DefoeRaddling or working it up like basket work.
Origin 2
Compare German word for "sieve", or perhaps English reed.
Noun
raddle
(plural raddles)- A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
- A hedge or fence made with raddles.
- 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.