资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Raddle \Rad"dle\, n. [Cf. G. r["a]der, r["a]del, sieve, or
   perhaps E. reed.]
   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}. --Todd.

   3. An instrument consisting of a woodmen 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.