raddle

[ rad-l ]

/ ˈræd l /

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verb (used with object), rad·dled, rad·dling.

to interweave; wattle.

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Origin of raddle

1665–75; v. use of raddle lath <Anglo-French reidele pole, rail of a cart (Old French redelle; compare French ridelle)

Words nearby raddle

radarscope, radar telescope, radar trap, Radcliff, Radcliffe, raddle, raddled, raddleman, radeau, radectomy, Radek

Other definitions for raddle (2 of 2)

raddle²

[ rad-l ]

/ ˈræd l /

noun

ruddle.

verb (used with object), rad·dled, rad·dling.

ruddle.

to color coarsely.

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How to use raddle in a sentence

I can't,' replied the girl; 'Missis Raddle raked out the kitchen fire afore she went to bed, and locked up the kittle.'
The Pickwick Papers|Charles Dickens
All this, Mr. Raddle heard with great submission, and presently returned to the parlour in a most lamb-like manner.
The Pickwick Papers|Charles Dickens
Missis Raddle raked out the kitchen fire afore she went to bed, and locked up the kettle.
From Chaucer to Tennyson|Henry A. Beers
Boh iv in teytch mo again, an aw foryeat um again, e'en raddle meh hoyd tightly, say aw.
Lancashire Sketches|Edwin Waugh

There is a removable loom attachment which when first shown to me was called a raddle.
Home Life in Colonial Days|Alice Morse Earle

British Dictionary definitions for raddle (1 of 2)

raddle¹

/ (ˈrædəl) /

verb

(tr) another word for interweave

Word Origin for raddle

C17: from obsolete noun sense of raddle meaning a rod, wattle, or lath, from Old French redalle a stick, pole; of obscure origin

British Dictionary definitions for raddle (2 of 2)

raddle²

/ (ˈrædəl) /

verb

(tr) mainly British to paint (the face) with rouge

noun, verb

another word for ruddle

Word Origin for raddle

C16: variant of ruddle

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