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1. (n.) heddle
(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 helde), c. OS hevild; akin to ON hafald)
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1. (noun) heddle
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
2. (verb) heddle
to draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving
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