Definition of heddle Heddle
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What does heddle mean?
Wiktionary 
- heddle (Noun)
A component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components, through the eye of each of which a distinct strand of the warp is threaded. - heddle (Noun)
One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom. - heddle (Verb)
To thread each strand of the warp through the eye of a heddle.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- heddle (n.)
One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom. - heddle (v. t.)
To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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heddle
hed′l, n. a series of vertical cords or wires, each having in the middle a loop (Hedd′le-eye) to receive a warp-thread, and passing round and between parallel bars.—v.t. to draw warp-threads through heddle-eyes. [An assumed A.S. hefedl, earlier form of hefeld.]
