raddle
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raddle¹
- /ˈɹædəl/
Rhymes with -ædəl
Where it comes from
From a variation of reddle, ruddle. Related to red.
verb raddles · raddling · raddled
- To mark with raddle; to daub something red.
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To interweave or twist together.
raddling or working it up like basket work
Similar: interlace, lace, ruddle, betwine, braid, entwist, entwine, interthread, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, lock
- To do work in a slovenly way.
raddle²
- /ˈɹædəl/
Rhymes with -ædəl
Where it comes from
From earlier radel, redle (noun), and ruddle (verb), perhaps a transposition of hurdle or an alteration of riddle (“curtain”).
noun 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. A raddle - hedge is a hedge of pleached or plash'd or twisted or wreathed twigs or boughs
- 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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