noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The weaver carefully threaded each strand of the warp through the heddles before starting the pattern. " material utensil machine technology item work industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The weaver carefully adjusted the heddles on the loom to ensure each warp thread was correctly positioned for the next pass of the shuttle. " material utensil machine technical industry work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading