raddle

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: rad=dle

CIDE DICTIONARY

raddle, n. [Cf. G. räder, rädel, sieve, or perhaps E. reed.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge.  Todd.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

raddle, v. t. 

 To interweave or twist together.  [1913 Webster]
"Raddling or working it up like basket work."  [1913 Webster]

raddle, n. [Cf. Ruddle.].

 A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle.  Thackeray.  [1913 Webster]

raddle, v. t. 

 To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle.  Thackeray.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

raddle, n. & v.
--n. red ochre (often used to mark sheep).
--v.tr.
1 colour with raddle or too much rouge.
2 (as raddled adj.) worn out; untidy, unkempt.

Etymology

var. of RUDDLE

THESAURUS

raddle

arabesque, basketry, basketwork, braid, cancellation, cross-hatching, crossing-out, enlace, entwine, filigree, fret, fretwork, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, interknit, interlace, interlacement, intertexture, intertie, intertissue, intertwine, intertwinement, intertwist, interweave, intort, knit, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, loom, loop, mat, mesh, meshes, meshwork, net, netting, network, noose, plait, pleach, plexure, plexus, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, sieve, splice, texture, tissue, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, twill, twine, twist, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork, wreathe

ROGET THESAURUS

raddle

Crossing

VB cross, decussate, intersect, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, interdigitate, interlink, twine, entwine, weave, inweave, twist, wreathe, anastomose, inosculate, dovetail, splice, link, lace, tat, mat, plait, plat, braid, felt, twill, tangle, entangle, ravel, net, knot, dishevel, raddle.