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Reddle

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Red ochre, historically used to mark sheep countable, uncountable

    "All that reddlemen do is sell reddle. You see those bags at the back of my cart? They are […] only full of red stuff."

  2. 2
    a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To redden.

    "Reddled and waxed, the room's stone floor was set perhaps two feet below the outside ground."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Apparently a variation of ruddle, though not certainly.

Etymology 2

Apparently a variation of ruddle, though not certainly.

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