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heddled

heddled adjective: that uses heddles. Also the simple past and past participle of heddle.

Adjective

heddled (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds, usually) That uses heddles.
    • […]all reproduced in Ananda Coomaraswamy's Medieval Sinhalese Art are ordinary twill weaves which are produced with little effort on a multi-heddled handloom.1950, Observer Annual, page 29
    • It is difficult to decide with von Stokar, that such twills were woven on a four-heddled loom (6).1964, Robert James Forbes, Studies in Ancient Technology, 5 (1957), page 227

Also used as

heddled is also the simple past and past participle of heddle.

Words formed from heddled

Questions about heddled

What does heddled mean?
Heddled means that uses heddles.
What part of speech is heddled?
Heddled is an adjective.

Words near heddled in the dictionary

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

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