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
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
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)
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
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
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
Her heartbreaking trust and naivety in his abilities and the power of literature itself causes Caine’s raddled old don to question himself and fall in love with her.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2020
Yes, she brings psychological heft to the role, but she’s insufficiently raddled and defeated, to my mind anyway.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 10, 2016
And it’s true that the film makes her look like Barbara Cartland on a raddled day.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2015
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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