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Heddled vs Huddled - What's the difference?

heddled | huddled |

As adjectives the difference between heddled and huddled

is that heddled is (of a loom|usually|in combination) that uses heddles while huddled is crowded together in a huddle.

As verbs the difference between heddled and huddled

is that heddled is (heddle) while huddled is (huddle).

heddled

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (of a loom, usually, in combination) That uses heddles.
  • * 1950 , Observer Annual , page 29,
    • all reproduced in Ananda Coomaraswamy's Medieval Sinhalese Art are ordinary twill weaves which are produced with little effort on a multi-heddled handloom.
  • * 1964 , Robert James Forbes, Studies in Ancient Technology , 5 (1957), page 227,
    • It is difficult to decide with von Stokar, that such twills were woven on a four-heddled loom (6).
  • * 1967 , Jean Verseput Wilson, Weaving is for Anyone , page 15,
    • Necessary and productive as a many-heddled loom is, there is something basic and satisfying about covering each warp thread by hand, in a tapestry or needle technique.
  • * 1986 , Howard L. Needles, S. Haig Zeronian, Historic Textile and Paper Materials: Conservation and Characterization , Advances in Chemistry Series, American Chemical Society, page 271,
    • Once a heddled loom is used, the spiraling encircling action of twining is no longer feasible.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (heddle)

    • huddled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (huddle)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • crowded together in a huddle
  • crouched