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A component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components, through the eye of each of which a distinct strand of the warp is threaded.

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heddle

Noun

A component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components, through the eye of each of which a distinct strand of the warp is threaded.

Japanese Meaning

織機における部品の一つで、複数存在する同種の部品のうちの一つ。各部品に設けられた通し穴を通して、個々の経糸が配置される役割を持つ。

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She threaded each heddle carefully before beginning to weave the patterned scarf.

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彼女は模様のあるスカーフを織り始める前に、各経糸が通される綜絖の目に糸を一本ずつ慎重に通した。

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A component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components, through the eye of each of which a distinct strand of the warp is threaded.

The only other table, generally used by operative weavers, is that for setting the heddles, so as to correspond with the reed. Few weavers are in possession of a sufficient variety of heddles, to suit every reed in which they may be employed to weave cloth.

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One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.

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