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Reddled vs Heddled - What's the difference?

reddled | heddled |

As verbs the difference between reddled and heddled

is that reddled is (reddle) while heddled is (heddle).

As an adjective heddled is

(of a loom|usually|in combination) that uses heddles.

reddled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (reddle)

    • reddle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Red ochre

    • Synonyms

    * raddle * ruddle

    Verb

    (reddl)
  • To redden.

    • Synonyms

    * raddle * ruddle

    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)