heddle hook
heddle hook noun: a hooked implement used to thread a strand of the warp through the eye of a heddle.
Noun
heddle hook (plural heddle hooks)
- A hooked implement used to thread a strand of the warp through the eye of a heddle.
- Threading can be done either by catching each warp end with a bent or straight heddle hook, or by using the fingers as if repeatedly threading large needles (heddles) with separate threads (warp ends).1984, Blair Tate, The Warp: A Weaving Reference, page 96
- You had to have a heddle hook and a reed hook, and that's about all you really needed.1990, Mary H. Blewett, The Last Generation: Work and Life in the Textile Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, 1910-1960, page 88
- Synonyms:
- reed hook, threading hook, warp hook
Synonyms of heddle hook
- reed hook
- threading hook
- warp hook
Forms of heddle hook
| plural | heddle hooks |
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Origin of heddle hook
From heddle + hook.
Questions about heddle hook
- What does heddle hook mean?
- Heddle hook means a hooked implement used to thread a strand of the warp through the eye of a heddle.
- What part of speech is heddle hook?
- Heddle hook is a noun.
- What is the plural of heddle hook?
- The plural of heddle hook is heddle hooks.
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