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ourdir

Pronunciation: /uʁ.diʁ/

“ourdir” is a French word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to warp (set up a weaving frame)
  2. to plot (set up a plan)

In French

  1. Préparer ou disposer sur une machine, l’ourdissoir, les fils de la chaîne d’une étoffe, d’une toile, etc., pour mettre cette chaîne en état d’être montée sur le métier, où l’on doit la tisser en faisant passer au travers, avec la navette, le fil de la trame.
  2. Préparer la trame d’une action.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ordir, from Latin ōrdīre, collateral form of ōrdīrī.

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