heddle
Meaning of heddle
noun
a looped wire or cord with an eye in the centre through which a warp yarn is passed in a loom before going through the reed to control its movement and divide the threads.
early 16th century: apparently from an alteration of Old English hefeld (see heald).
Information about heddle
- It is a name.
- The plural form of heddle is: heddles.
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Hyphenation of heddle
hed-dle
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- heddle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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