Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heddle hook

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: hed-dle hook
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hooked implement used to thread a strand of the warp through the eye of a heddle.

Example Sentences

"Threading can be done either by catching each warp end with a bent or straight heddle hook, or by using the fingers as if repeatedly threading large needles (heddles) with separate threads (warp ends)."
"You had to have a heddle hook and a reed hook, and that's about all you really needed."
"The heddle hook, used to draw in the broken ends of the warp, was carried in the mouth, the small pair of weaver's scissors in the palm of the hand."

Etymology

From heddle + hook.

Inflected Forms

heddle hooks (plural)

Synonyms

reed hook threading hook warp hook

Questions

What does heddle hook mean?: A hooked implement used to thread a strand of the warp through the eye of a heddle.
Where does heddle hook come from?: From heddle + hook.

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