Raddle Definition

rădl
raddled, raddles, raddling
verb
raddled, raddling
To twist together; interweave.
American Heritage

Interweave.

Webster's New World
To cause to have a worn-out appearance, especially in having wrinkles or deep creases.
American Heritage
To mark with raddle; to daub something red.
Wiktionary

To interweave or twist together.

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noun

Ruddle.

Webster's New World

A red ochre.

Wiktionary

A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.

Wiktionary
A hedge or fence made with raddles.
Wiktionary

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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Other Word Forms of Raddle

Noun

Singular:
raddle
Plural:
raddles

Origin of Raddle

  • From dialectal raddle stick interwoven with others in a fence from Anglo-Norman reidele stout pole possibly from Middle High German reidel rod reidh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Compare German word for "sieve", or perhaps English reed.

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Related to red.

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

RRARAD

Words Ending With

ELEDLE

Unscrambles

raddle

Words Starting With R and Ending With E

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Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With R6 Letter Words Ending With E