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noun

Raddle n.

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.

A hedge or fence made with raddles; called also raddle hedge.

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.

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Etymology of 'Raddle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Raddle" Quotes from Famous Books

... right of it, Strowan," said my Lord Ogilvie. "There's too few of us for this work, but a little peat will boil a little pot. Let us gang back and raddle the Glasgow bodies. Ye ...

— The Yeoman Adventurer • George W. Gough

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