HEDDLING
Verb
heddling
present participle of heddle
Source: Wiktionary
Hed"dling, vb. n.
Definition: The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the harness itself. Knight.
HEDDLE
Hed"dle, n.; pl. Heddles. Etym: [Cf. Heald.] (Weaving)
Definition: 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.
Hed"dle, v. t.
Definition: To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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