Heddled
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Heddled is an adjective meaning (of a loom, usually in combination) That uses heddles.
Meaning
(of a loom, usually in combination) That uses heddles.
More Meanings
- simple past and past participle of heddle
Example Sentences
It is difficult to decide with von Stokar, that such twills were woven on a four-heddled loom (6).
[…]all reproduced in Ananda Coomaraswamy's Medieval Sinhalese Art are ordinary twill weaves which are produced with little effort on a multi-heddled handloom.
Necessary and productive as a many-heddled loom is, there is something basic and satisfying about covering each warp thread by hand, in a tapestry or needle technique.
1986, Howard L. Needles, S. Haig Zeronian, Historic Textile and Paper Materials: Conservation and Characterization, Advances in Chemistry Series, American Chemical Society, page 271, Once a heddled loom is used, the spiraling encircling action of twining is no longer feasible.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hocked, hocketed, hackled, hooped, hafted, hempen.
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