raddle

¹

[ rad-l ]

verb (used with object)

, rad·dled, rad·dling.

1. to interweave; wattle.

raddle

²

[ rad-l ]

noun

1. ruddle.

verb (used with object)

, rad·dled, rad·dling.

1. ruddle.
2. to color coarsely.

raddle

¹

/ ˈrædəl /

verb

1. tr to paint (the face) with rouge

noun

1. another word for ruddle

raddle

²

/ ˈrædəl /

verb

1. tr another word for interweave

Word History and Origins

Origin of raddle¹

First recorded in 1665–75; verb use of raddle “lath,” from Anglo-French reidele “pole, rail of a cart,” from Old French redelle; compare French ridelle

Origin of raddle²

First recorded in 1300–50; variant of ruddle ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of raddle¹

C16: variant of ruddle

Origin of raddle²

C17: from obsolete noun sense of raddle meaning a rod, wattle, or lath, from Old French redalle a stick, pole; of obscure origin

Example Sentences

I used to walk past the raddled marquee of the shuttered Linda Lea Japanese Films theater on Main Street near skid row.

From Los Angeles Times

His raddled, agonised body has become the grotesque simulacrum of his existence.

From The Guardian

Her heartbreaking trust and naivety in his abilities and the power of literature itself causes Caine’s raddled old don to question himself and fall in love with her.

From The Guardian

But it’s not on our own account that we, the raddled middle-aged, deride Moix and his bogus body fascism.

From The Guardian

The paneling at the base of the walls is painted a color its residents used to call raddle red, after a pigment used in the agricultural industries.

From New York Times