raddle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈrædəl/
• Rhymes: -ædəl

Etymology 1

Related to red. This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology.

Noun

raddle (plural raddles)

1. A red ochre.

Synonyms

• reddle
• ruddle

Translations

red ochre

• Spanish: (rare) almagre (es) m

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.

Synonyms

• reddle
• ruddle

Translations

mark with raddle

See also

• ruddy

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.

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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.

Anagrams

• ladder
• larded