raddle
Plural: raddles
Noun
- a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking
- A red ochre.
- A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
- A hedge or fence made with raddles.
- An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom.
Verb
- twist or braid together, interlace
- mark or paint with raddle
- To mark with raddle; to daub something red.
- To interweave or twist together.
- To do work in a slovenly way.
Origin / Etymology
From a variation of reddle, ruddle. Related to red.
Scrabble Score: 8
raddle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordraddle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
raddle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
raddle is a valid Words With Friends word