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Raddle   Listen
noun
Raddle  n.  
1.
A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is interwoven with others, between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
2.
A hedge or fence made with raddles; called also raddle hedge.
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.





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"Raddle" Quotes from Famous Books



... Kendal, six feet of leanness doubled up in an arm-chair. Old Wellington face, shrunk, cheeks burning in a senile raddle. Glassy blue eyes ...
— Mary Olivier: A Life • May Sinclair
... Beams" in old manorial dwellings. The house in which I spent the greater portion of my youth was a mansion of the olden time, whose pointed gables told a tale of years; and whose internal walls and principal floors, both below and above stairs, were formed of "raddle and daub." It had formerly belonged to a family of the name of Abbot; but the "last of the race" was an extravagant libertine, and after spending a handsome patrimonial estate, ended his days as a beggar. Abbot House ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 30. Saturday, May 25, 1850 • Various


Words linked to "Raddle" :   interweave, iron ore, weave


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