Raddle

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To interweave or twist together.

II. Raddle ·vt To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle.

III. Raddle ·noun A hedge or fence made with raddles;

— called also raddle hedge.

IV. Raddle ·noun A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle.

V. Raddle ·noun 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.

VI. Raddle ·noun 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.