SG Heritage Dictionary

Raddle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A long stick used in hedging; also, a hedge formed by interweaving the shoots and branches of trees or shrubs.

2. [I believe the two foregoing words are not used in the United States, and probably they are local.]

Raddle [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To twist; to wind together. [Not in use.]

Raddle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is interwoven with others, between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.

2. A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge.

3. An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom.

4. A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle.

Raddle [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To interweave or twist together.

2. To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle.