raddle

¹ American  

[rad-l] / ˈræd l /

verb (used with object)

raddled, raddling

1. to interweave; wattle.

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raddle ² American  

[rad-l] / ˈræd l /

noun

1. ruddle.

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verb (used with object)

raddled, raddling

1. ruddle.

2. to color coarsely.

raddle ¹ British  

/ ˈrædəl /

verb

1. (tr) to paint (the face) with rouge

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noun

1. another word for ruddle

raddle ² British  

/ ˈrædəl /

verb

1. (tr) another word for interweave

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Etymology

Origin of raddle¹

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

Origin of raddle²

First recorded in 1300–50; variant of ruddle ( def. )

Example Sentences

The paneling at the base of the walls is painted a color its residents used to call raddle red, after a pigment used in the agricultural industries.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2018

Raddle, rad′l, n. a layer of red pigment—also Redd′le.—v.t. to colour coarsely, as with raddle: to do work in a slovenly way.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

She had not accustomed herself to the idea that women in society could raddle their cheeks, stain their lips, and play tricks before high heaven with their eyebrows and eyelashes.

From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Old Wellington face, shrunk, cheeks burning in a senile raddle.

From Mary Olivier: a Life by Sinclair, May

Some of us have more serious things to hide than a yellow cheek behind a raddle of rouge, or a white poll under a wig of jetty curls.

From Roundabout Papers by Thackeray, William Makepeace