raddles

All exciting looking heddles and raddles and shuttles and all strung up and ready to weave me a carpet and I was sorely tempted.

What I did buy and what I nearly bought... 2007

All exciting looking heddles and raddles and shuttles and all strung up and ready to weave me a carpet and I was sorely tempted.

What I did buy and what I nearly bought... 2007

All exciting looking heddles and raddles and shuttles and all strung up and ready to weave me a carpet and I was sorely tempted.

44 entries from December 2007 2007

In old time the houses of the Britons were slightly set up with a few posts and many raddles, with stable and all offices under one roof, the like whereof almost is to be seen in the fenny countries and northern parts unto this day, where for lack of wood they are enforced to continue this ancient manner of building.

Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart

In old time the houses of the Britons were slightly set up with a few posts and many raddles, with stable and all offices under one roof, the like whereof almost is to be seen in the fenny countries and northern parts unto this day, where for lack of wood they are enforced to continue this ancient manner of building.

Of the Manner of Building and Furniture of Our Houses. Chapter VIII. [1577, Book II., Chapter 10; 1587, Book II., Chapter 12 1909