| 单词 | raddling | 
| 释义 | raddlingn.1 English regional.  1.  A stick, pole, or lath, esp. one used for hedging or building work (usually in plural; also as mass noun used collectively). Also occasionally: the weaving of poles or sticks into a hedge or wall; a hedge or wall constructed in this way. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > 			[noun]		 > stick, twig, or rod stickOE wandc1175 rond?c1225 raddling1470 sway1630 halvelings1832 1470    in  L. F. Salzman Building in Eng. 		(1992)	 xii. 189  				Radelyng [and daubing of the walls of the barn]. 1616    Salford Portmote Rec. 		(1902)	 121  				Any sprinkelings radlings or any other woode. 1626    in  Court Leet Rec. Manch. 		(1886)	 III. 114  				John Wright..got Radlings in the grounds of Elizabeth Mosley. 1629    in  R. S. France Thieveley Lead Mines 		(1951)	 18  				For daubing, getting and radlings and making of the range. 1688    R. Holme Acad. Armory 		(1905)	  iii. xiv. 19/1  				Daubing of Radling walls, with clamstaves, and Rods. c1736    S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms 		(1876)	  				Raddles…in some countries called raddlings. 1751    Narr. Life J. Daniel xii. 163  				The children bearing the raddling and mud twigs, and lighter stuff. a1796    S. Pegge Two Coll. Derbicisms 		(1896)	 117  				Radlings, long slender poles for binding hedges. 1841    S. Bamford Passages Life Radical I. xxi. 137  				A timber frame, filled with raddlings and daub (wicker work, plastered with clay). 1888    F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word)  				Tookt us best part of a day 'bout that there raddling, and now 'tis all a-come to doin' again. 1924    C. Crampton Canework 		(1961)	 i. 16  				Groins..are made of hazel woven by a method called ‘Radling’ in Barrow-in-Furness. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > 			[noun]		 > other parts of wall quoin1532 ground-table1640 breast1655 patand1656 raddling1673 breast1674 offset1721 breastwork1779 base1790 breast beam1828 dry area1833 chimney-breast1842 wall-head1898 1673    J. Ray N. Countrey Words in  Coll. Eng. Words 38  				Radlings; Windings of the wall. 1736    R. Neve Builder's Dict. 		(ed. 3)	  				Raddlings, in Architecture, the Bowings-in, or copeings of Walls. 1824    W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ  				Raddling, Rabbling, the winding or crookedness of a wall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). raddlingn.2  The action or practice of marking sheep with raddle; the action or practice of colouring something red, esp. with raddle. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > 			[noun]		 > marking of sheep keeling1562 raddling1790 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > 			[noun]		 > making red > with dye or stain keeling1562 raddling1790 rosing1824 1790    H. Homer Let. 18 Sept. in  G. Steevens Lett. 		(Folger Libr. MS)	  				The word..if apply'd to them [sc. sheep],..wd convey the same idea, as marking or raddling. 1870    Jrnl. Anthropol. 1 126  				They were given to soaping and raddling their hair. c1873    J. Albery Fortune  iii, in  Dram. Wks. 		(1939)	 I. 574  				Mark 'em [sc. sheep] all with two red letters, Johnny; they always do that;—raddling they call it, I think. 1911    Times 14 Sept. 8/5  				A reputation for coarseness in the wool to which the practice of ‘raddling’ has perhaps contributed. 1942    Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 105 100  				Some citizens would object to paying more for the garnishing and raddling of other citizens' womenfolk. 1982    Observer 12 Sept. 16/8  				Varying the colour indicates when the raddling takes place. 2001    Evening Post 		(Wellington, N.Z.)	 		(Nexis)	 5 May 34  				Raddling the hearth was a breeze. She coloured it red with a mix of ochre and thin boiled starch. 2003    Irish Independent 		(Nexis)	 8 July  				Raddling will indicate that ewes are mounted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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