† ring-rathen. [ < ringn.1 + rathen.2 (compare rathen.2 2)] WeavingObsoleterare a circular arrangement of teeth or pins for separating and guiding warp threads.
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1538 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 200 Unum wollenlome cum ryngrathes.