raddleとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

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

名詞

raddle (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 raddles)

1. A red ochre.

同意語

• reddle
• ruddle

動詞

raddle (三人称単数 現在形 raddles, 現在分詞 raddling, 過去形および過去分詞形 raddled)

1. To mark with raddle; to daub something red.
2. To interweave or twist together.
   • 1719 April 25​, [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], 3rd edition, London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], published 1719, OCLC 838630407:

     raddling or working it up like basket work

3. To do work in a slovenly way.

同意語

• reddle
• ruddle

参考

• ruddy
• raddled

語源 2

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

名詞

raddle (複数形 raddles)

1. A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
2. A hedge or fence made with raddles.
   • 1815, Charles Richardson, Illustrations of English Philology:

     A raddle - hedge is a hedge of pleached or plash'd or twisted or wreathed twigs or boughs