Meanings
adjectiveunheddled (not comparable)
- not comparableThat has not been heddled.
Make shed 1 again by pushing up on the unheddled yarns under bar F.
1978, Nina Holland, Weaving Primer: A Complete Guide to Inkle, Backstrap, and Frame Looms, page 242 more examples
It may be that pulling on a heddle string has involved an unheddled thread that can be pulled loose.
1978, Judy Ziek De Rodriguez, Nona Ziek, Weaving on a Backstrap Loom: Pattern Designs from Guatemala, page 172[…]the woman forms the first shed by drawing the heddle lath and the warp threads it controls towards herself with one hand while depressing ihe loose unheddled threads with the other.
1986, Barbara K. Nordquist, Emma Jean Mettam, Kathy Jansen, Traditional Folk Textiles and Dress: Selected Readings and Bibliography, page 289
Origin
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