raddle
1 Americanverb (used with object)
verb
noun
verb
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
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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
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
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
A few old women, dressed in their best, oiled from head to foot, and plastered with raddle, received the skulls into their laps.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir
I used to walk past the raddled marquee of the shuttered Linda Lea Japanese Films theater on Main Street near skid row.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2021
Swinton is almost unrecognisable in Maybury’s Francis Bacon biopic, propping up the bar as the raddled Muriel Belcher, owner of the Colony Room and a key Soho face.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 16, 2020
And it’s true that the film makes her look like Barbara Cartland on a raddled day.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2015
He's still got a touch of the young Bob Dylan about him, but these days he's more likely to be mistaken for the raddled Ronnie Wood.
From The Guardian ● May 29, 2012
Guenever had lost her raddled look, and sat accepting the clothes which were recommended for her, without fuss.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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