Rad′dle.
1. (Nautical.) Interlacing yarns to make flat gasket.
2. (Weaving.) A bar with upright pegs, used by weavers to keep the threads in place when winding the warp on to the beam. 3. An iron bar with an end bent at right angles, used by puddlers in stirring the iron in the furnace, and also in making up the balls for the tilt or squeezer. A rabble.
Radial drilling-machine. |