Heddle

  • 11Heddle-eye — Hed dle eye , n. (Weaving) The eye or loop formed in each heddle to receive a warp thread. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 12heddle loom — also called  Heald Loom,         device used in weaving that is characterized by heddles short lengths of wire or flat steel strips used to deflect the warp to either side of the main sheet of fabric. The heddle is considered to be the most… …

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  • 13heddle — /hed l/, n. one of the sets of vertical cords or wires in a loom, forming the principal part of the harness that guides the warp threads. [1505 15; perh. repr. OE *hefedl, a metathetic var. of hefeld (ME helde, ModE heald), c. OS hevild; akin to… …

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  • 14heddle — [ hɛd(ə)l] 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. Origin C16: appar. from an alt. of OE hefeld (see heald) …

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  • 15heddle — n. Heald …

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  • 16heddle — hed·dle …

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  • 17heddle — hed•dle [[t]ˈhɛd l[/t]] n. tex (in a loom) one of the sets of vertical cords or wires forming the principal part of a harness, through which the warp threads are drawn • Etymology: 1505–15; perh. repr. OE *hefedl, a metathetic var. of hefeld (ME… …

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  • 18heddle — /ˈhɛdl/ (say hedl) noun (in a loom) one of the sets of vertical cords or wires, forming the principal part of the harness which guides the warp threads. {metathetic variant of heald, Old English hefeld thread (for weaving) …

  • 19heddle — n. one of the sets of small cords or wires between which the warp is passed in a loom before going through the reed. Etymology: app. f. OE hefeld …

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  • 20Kathleen Heddle — Kathleen Heddle, OBC (* 27. November 1965 in Trail, British Columbia) ist eine ehemalige kanadische Ruderin. Gemeinsam mit ihrer langjährigen Partnerin Marnie McBean gewann sie vier olympische Medaillen in vier verschiedenen Bootsklassen. Nachdem …

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