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raddle en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/ˈɹædəl/

Etymology

From a variation of reddle, ruddle. Related to red.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) A red ochre.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
raddles	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Synonyms

reddle · ruddle

Translations (3)

bg охра (red ochre) · pl czerwona ochra (red ochre) · es almagre (red ochre)

raddle en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/ˈɹædəl/

Etymology

From a variation of reddle, ruddle. Related to red.

Meanings

To mark with raddle; to daub something red.
To interweave or twist together.
- raddling or working it up like basket work 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:
To do work in a slovenly way.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
raddling	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
raddled	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
raddled	Tense=Past	lexicographic
raddles	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic

Relateds

raddled · ruddy

Synonyms

intertwist · intertwine · lock · slob · schlep · ruddle · entwist · entwine · ruddle · ruddle · betwine · twine · slaister · interthread · reddle · raddle · interlace · lace · interweave · redden · lace · interlace · braid · twist

Translations (5)

bg начервявам (mark with raddle) · pl zabarwiać ochrą (mark with raddle) · es almagrar (mark with raddle) · es enalmagrar (mark with raddle) · pl zabarwić ochrą (mark with raddle)

raddle en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/ˈɹædəl/

Etymology

From earlier radel, redle (noun), and ruddle (verb), perhaps a transposition of hurdle or an alteration of riddle (“curtain”).

Meanings

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 boughs 1815, 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.

Forms

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raddles	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

raddleman

Synonyms

evener (weavers' tool) · niffler (weavers' tool)