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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Heddle

· Hed·dle · IPA /ˈhɛdəl/
01 n. One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or ba…
pl. Heddles ((#))
  1. 1.
    One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.(Weaving)
02 v. t. To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving.
  1. 1.
    To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving.