RADDLE

raddle

Noun

  1. A red ochre.

Noun (etymology 2)

  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.
  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.

Verb

  1. To mark with raddle; to daub something red.
  2. To interweave or twist together.


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