name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A form of red ochre sometimes used to mark sheep. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A riddle or sieve.

   "They will not passe thorough the holes of the sieve, ruddle or trie, if they be narrow."

3. 3
   a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking wordnet
4. 4
   Ruddiness; red coloration. countable, obsolete, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   To mark something with red ochre.
2. 2
   To sift together; to mix, as through a sieve. transitive
3. 3
   redden as if with a red ocher color wordnet
4. 4
   To raddle or twist.
5. 5
   twist or braid together, interlace wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   An unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

raddleraddlereddleraddlebetwinebraid

Example

More examples

"They will not passe thorough the holes of the sieve, ruddle or trie, if they be narrow."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From rud + -le. Compare German Rötel (“track”), Post-Classical Latin rudellum. Compare to reddle and raddle.

Etymology 2

Variant of Ruddell.

Related phrases

Lemnian ruddlered ochre

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.