heddles

Noun

heddle (plural heddles)

1. A component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components, through the eye of each of which a distinct strand of the warp is threaded.
   • The only other table, generally used by operative weavers, is that for setting the heddles, so as to correspond with the reed. Few weavers are in possession of a sufficient variety of heddles, to suit every reed in which they may be employed to weave cloth.1808, John Duncan, Practical and Descriptive Essays on the Art of Weaving, volume 1, page 72
2. One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.

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