heddle

Meaning

Noun

1. A component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components, through the eye of each of which a distinct strand of the warp is threaded.
2. 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.

Verb

To thread each strand of the warp through the eye of a heddle.

Synonyms

baste

comb

stitch

thread

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wrench

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heald

heald wire

harness wire

Translations

collador

Litze

Schraubenschlüssel

Weberkamm

Maulschlüssel

Weblitze

βελονιάζω

γερμανικό κλειδί

μανέλα

clé

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clef

chiave

🔑

chiave inglese

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liccio

clau

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: helde

Inherited from Old English: hefeld

Cognate with Old Saxon: hevild

Cognate with Middle Low German: hevelte

Cognate with Icelandic: hafald

In summary

From Middle English helde, from Old English hefeld, from the root of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have, heave”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-. Cognate with Old Saxon hevild, Middle Low German hevelte, Icelandic hafald.