raddles

Noun (1)

raddle (countable and uncountable, plural raddles)

1. A red ochre.

   Synonyms:

   reddle, ruddle

Noun (2)

raddle (plural raddles)

1. A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
2. 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
3. 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.

   Synonyms:

   evener, niffler

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