heddle

English

noun
Definitions
  • 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.
  • 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.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English helde inherited from Old English hefeld derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (have, lift, hold, take up, heave, lift heave) derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold), *keh₂p- (seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*keh₂p-

Gloss

seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold

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