raddle

Etymology 1

From a variation of reddle, ruddle. Related to red.

noun

1. A red ochre.

verb

1. To mark with raddle; to daub something red.
2. To interweave or twist together.
3. To do work in a slovenly way.

Etymology 2

From earlier radel, redle (noun), and ruddle (verb), perhaps a transposition of hurdle or an alteration of riddle (“curtain”).

noun

1. A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
2. A hedge or fence made with raddles.
   A raddle - hedge is a hedge of pleached or plash'd or twisted or wreathed twigs or boughs 1815, Charles Richardson, Illustrations of English Philology
3. An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom.