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raddle

Pronunciation: /ˈɹædəl/

The English word “raddle” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A red ochre.
  2. A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
  3. A hedge or fence made with raddles.
  4. 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.
  3. To do work in a slovenly way.

Etymology

From a variation of reddle, ruddle. Related to red.

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