Definition of raddle Raddle

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We found 28 definitions of raddle from 7 different sources.

What does raddle mean?

Verb raddles, raddling, raddled
raddle - mark or paint with raddle
		mark make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"
raddle - twist or braid together, interlace
		ruddle
		interweave, weave interlace by or as if by weaving

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raddle (Noun)
A red ochre.
raddle (Noun)
A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
raddle (Noun)
A hedge or fence made with raddles.
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.
raddle (Verb)
To mark with raddle; to daub something red.
raddle (Verb)
To interweave or twist together.

raddle (n.)
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.
raddle (n.)
A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge.
raddle (n.)
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.
raddle (v. t.)
To interweave or twist together.
raddle (n.)
A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle.
raddle (v. t.)
To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle.

raddle
To make, as fabric, by interlacing threads.
raddle
Small wood or sticks split like laths to bind a wall for plastering it over with loam or mortar.
raddle
A piece of wood interwoven with others between stakes to form a fence.
raddle
A hedge formed by interweaving the shoots and branches of trees or shrubs.
raddle
A wooden bar with a row of upright pegs, employed by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and to keep it from becoming entangled when it is wound upon the beam.
raddle
A layer of red pigment.
raddle
To paint with or as if with raddle; color coarsely, as with rouge.
raddle
To get over (work) in a careless, slovenly manner.
raddle
An earthy variety of hematite iron ore, used as a pigment.
raddle
An iron bar bent at right angles at one end, used in the operation of puddling for stirring the melted iron, so as to allow it to be more fully exposed to the action of the air and the lining of the furnace.

raddle
rad′l, v.t. to interweave: to beat.—n. a hedge formed by interweaving the branches of trees: a hurdle: split wood like laths: a wooden bar used in domestic weaving. [Perh. a transposed form of hurdle; or perh. formed from wreathe, or writhe, and confused with hurdle.]
raddle
rad′l, n. a layer of red pigment—also Redd′le.—v.t. to colour coarsely, as with raddle: to do work in a slovenly way. [Ruddle.]