What is another word for Heddle?

Pronunciation: [hˈɛdə͡l] (IPA)

Heddles are essential components in weaving, and they come in various shapes and sizes. These devices interlace the weft yarns into the warp, enabling the weaving process to take place. Although the term heddle is commonly used, there are many alternative names for this critical weaving tool. Some of the synonyms include lingo, maille, speech, wire, and heck. Additionally, there are different types of heddles, including flat heddles, wire heddles, and texsolv heddles. Regardless of the name, size, or shape of the heddles used in a loom, they all play a significant role in creating unique and intricate patterns in woven fabrics.

What are the hypernyms for Heddle?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    Textile equipment, textile machinery, weaving equipment.

Usage examples for Heddle

Will he discover ere long, that a lesser riddle would have been to stand in the manufactory of the Faubourg St. Marcel, and abolishing the pattern of the designers, the directing touch of Lebrun, the restraint of the Heddle, demand that the blind, insensate automatic warp and woof should originate, design and trace as well as mechanically execute the weaving of the marvellous tapestries?
"At the Mercy of Tiberius"
August Evans Wilson
The boys cry the "N'-York Heddle," instead of "Herald"; I remember that years ago in Philadelphia; we must be getting near the farther end of the dumb-bell suburb.
"The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)
Napoleon's blockade, which curtailed Great Britain's importation of silk-needed not only for fabrics but also for making Heddle strings for the looms-stimulated the production of cotton thread there.
"The Invention of the Sewing Machine"
Grace Rogers Cooper

Similar words: frame, frame loom, frame weaving, weaving frame

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