heddle
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.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To thread each strand of the warp through the eye of a heddle.
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