raddle
/ˈɹædəl/
raddle noun: a red ochre.
Noun (1)
raddle (countable and uncountable, plural raddles)
Verb
raddle (third-person singular simple present raddles, present participle raddling, simple past and past participle raddled)
- To mark with raddle; to daub something red.
- To interweave or twist together.
- raddling or working it up like basket work1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- interlace, lace, ruddle, betwine, braid, entwist, entwine, interthread, intertwine, intertwist
- To do work in a slovenly way.
Noun (2)
raddle (plural raddles)
- A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
- A hedge or fence made with raddles.
- A raddle - hedge is a hedge of pleached or plash'd or twisted or wreathed twigs or boughs1815, Charles Richardson, Illustrations of English Philology
- 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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Forms of raddle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | raddles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | raddles |
| present participle | raddling |
| past participle | raddled |
| past | raddled |
Origin of raddle
From a variation of reddle, ruddle. Related to red.
From earlier radel, redle (noun), and ruddle (verb), perhaps a transposition of hurdle or an alteration of riddle (“curtain”).
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Questions about raddle
- What does raddle mean?
- Raddle means a red ochre.
- What part of speech is raddle?
- Raddle can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce raddle?
- Raddle is pronounced /ˈɹædəl/.
- What is the plural of raddle?
- The plural of raddle is raddles.
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