English Dictionary: heddle | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for heddle | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Heddle \Hed"dle\, n.; pl. {Heddles}. [Cf. {Heald}.] (Weaving) One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Heddle \Hed"dle\, v. t. To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving. |