Word.ws English Dictionary

heddle hooks

heddle hooks is the plural of heddle hook.

Meaning of heddle hook

Noun

heddle hook (plural heddle hooks)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    reed hook, threading hook, warp hook

Questions about heddle hooks

What is heddle hooks the plural of?
Heddle hooks is the plural of heddle hook.

Words near heddle hooks in the dictionary

  1. Hedden
  2. Heddens
  3. Heddington
  4. heddle
  5. heddle hook
  6. heddle hooks
  7. heddled
  8. heddler
  9. heddlers
  10. heddles
  11. heddling

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: heddle hooks (page history and authors); heddle hook (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “heddle hooks.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/heddle_hooks. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.