Definition of "heddles" [heddles]

• Plural form of heddle. (noun)

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• "[_GOTTLIEB comes in, and he and his father set themselves to the troublesome task of "drawing and slaying," that is, pulling the strands of the warp through the "heddles" and "reed" of the loom."
• "According to the instructions dictated by the code Pritchard has punched into the peg and lag, particular shafts will lift particular heddles."
• "The gap between the upper and lower warp yarns (attached to the heddles) is called the shed, and it's through this that Pritchard shoots the bobbins with the weft yarn in them."