heddle Meaning, Definition & Usage

Hed"dle noun

Etymology

Cf. Heald.

Wordforms

plural Heddles

Definitions

1. (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.

Hed"dle transitive verb

Definitions

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