Heddle

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:05:54

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

Hed"dle, v. t.

To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving.

 

© Webster 1913.

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