Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

repair heddle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: re-pair hed-dle
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of heddle, either premade or makeshift, used when a thread is skipped or breaks, or to replace a broken heddle.

Example Sentences

"A repair heddle allows the weaver to place an empty heddle at any point across the warp and on any shaft."
"Repair heddles can easily be made from the polyester Texsolv heddles by passing a strip of masking tape through the top loop and taping it around[…]."
"In fact, if your flat steel or wire heddles break, this is the only solution unless you have purchased fancy repair heddles."

Inflected Forms

repair heddles (plural)

Questions

What does repair heddle mean?: A type of heddle, either premade or makeshift, used when a thread is skipped or breaks, or to replace a broken heddle.

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