raddleとは

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.
   • Daniel Defoe

     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.

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3. 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.

同意語

• (weavers' tool): evener, niffler

アナグラム

• Aldred, ladder, larded