raddle

[ rad-l ]

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

to interweave; wattle.

Origin of raddle

First recorded in 1665–75; verb use of raddle “lath,” from Anglo-French reidele “pole, rail of a cart,” from Old French redelle; compare French ridelle

Words Nearby raddle

Other definitions for raddle (2 of 2)

raddle²

[ rad-l ]

noun

ruddle.

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

ruddle.
to color coarsely.

Origin of raddle

First recorded in 1300–50; variant of ruddle

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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

Origin of 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

Origin of raddle

C16: variant of ruddle

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