heddle
one of the sets of vertical cords or wires in a loom, forming the principal part of the harness that guides the warp threads.
Origin of heddle
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How to use heddle in a sentence
Each thread or group of threads of the warp passes through an opening (eye) of a heddle.
Textiles | William H. DooleyThe next movement of the heddle frame crossed the threads over the filling and made a new opening for the return of the shuttle.
Textiles and Clothing | Kate Heintz WatsonK, a strong wooden ruler, connecting the front heddle with its treddle.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThese tape-looms are a truly ancient form of appliance for the hand-weaving of narrow bands,—a heddle-frame.
Home Life in Colonial Days | Alice Morse EarleThe Greek loom may have been furnished with a heddle but the drawings are not clear on this point.
Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms | H. Ling Roth
British Dictionary definitions for heddle
/ (ˈhɛdəl) /
one of a set of frames of vertical wires on a loom, each wire having an eye through which a warp thread can be passed
Origin of heddle
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