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- noun Plural form of
heddle .
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Examples
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[_GOTTLIEB comes in, and he and his father set themselves to the troublesome task of "drawing and slaying," that is, pulling the strands of the warp through the "heddles" and "reed" of the loom.
The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I Gerhart Hauptmann 1904
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A system of heddles and shafts rises, and others remain in place.
How to weave a blanket Melissa Viney 2010
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A series of shafts raise whichever heddles (and, by extension, warp yarns) are attached to them.
How to weave a blanket Melissa Viney 2010
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According to the instructions dictated by the code Pritchard has punched into the peg and lag, particular shafts will lift particular heddles.
How to weave a blanket Melissa Viney 2010
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The gap between the upper and lower warp yarns (attached to the heddles) is called the shed, and it's through this that Pritchard shoots the bobbins with the weft yarn in them.
How to weave a blanket Melissa Viney 2010
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All exciting looking heddles and raddles and shuttles and all strung up and ready to weave me a carpet and I was sorely tempted.
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All exciting looking heddles and raddles and shuttles and all strung up and ready to weave me a carpet and I was sorely tempted.
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All exciting looking heddles and raddles and shuttles and all strung up and ready to weave me a carpet and I was sorely tempted.
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His knuckles rose and fell like the heddles of a loom.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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A woman with gray hair pulled severely into a bun at the back of her head was sitting at a loom, rhythmically operating the heddles, throwing the shuttles and pulling the beater.
The Cat Who Moved A Mountain Braun, Lilian Jackson 1992
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