raddle
1[rad-l]
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verb (used with object), rad·dled, rad·dling.
to interweave; wattle.
Origin of raddle
11665–75; v. use of raddle lath < Anglo-French reidele pole, rail of a cart (Old French redelle; compare French ridelle)
raddle
2[rad-l]
noun
verb (used with object), rad·dled, rad·dling.
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Historical Examples of raddle
Mr. Raddle, ma'am; Mrs. Cluppins, ma'am; Mrs. Raddle, ma'am.'
The Pickwick PapersCharles Dickens
Now go away, Raddle, there's a good soul, or you'll only aggravate her.'
The Pickwick PapersCharles Dickens
Mrs. Raddle is one of that lower middle-class which Dickens knew so well, still she is not hateful or vile, or anything but droll.
Side LightsJames Runciman
We know that she was sister to Mrs. Raddle, who lived far away in Southwark, and was the landlady of Mr. Sawyer.
Bardell v. PickwickPercy Fitzgerald
All this, Mr. Raddle heard with great submission, and presently returned to the parlour in a most lamb-like manner.
The Pickwick PapersCharles Dickens
raddle
1verb
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
raddle
2verb
noun, verb
Word Origin for raddle
C16: variant of ruddle
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