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▪ I. heald Weaving.|hiːld| [app. the same word as OE. hęƀeld, hęfeld, hęfel, ON. hafald, a deriv. of *hafjan, hębban, hef- to raise, with instrumental suffix; cf. OE. nǽdl, ME. nedel, and nelde, needle. But the OE. word appears to be applied to the threads of the warp or woof themselves.] = heddle.
a700Epinal Gloss. 602 Liciatorium, hebild [Corpus hebelᵹyrd]. c725Corpus Gloss (O.E.T.) 1232 Licium, hebeld. Licia, hebeldðred. c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 320 Gewrið to anum hefel-þræde. c1050Supp. ælfric's Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 187/13 Licium, hefeld. 1483Cath. Angl. 181/1 An Helde, trama. 1760Specif. Patent J. Stell No. 753 The lashes, harness or healds which contain the warp. 1824Ann. Reg. 270* An improved method of making healds to be made in the weaving of cotton, silk, woollen, and other cloths. 1851Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. vii**/1 Placed in the healds or ‘heddles’ of the loom. 1864Chambers' Encycl. VI. 189 In the case of plain weaving the threads of the warp are divided alternately by the loops of each heald. b. attrib. and Comb., as heald-cord, heald-knitter, heald-ing, heald-machine, heald-maker, heald-shaft, heald-thread, heald-yarn.
1851in Illustr. Lond. News (1854) 5 Aug. 118 [Occupations of the people] heald maker, heald knitter. 1862Chamber's Encycl. V. 276 The manufacture of heald yarns..employs the chief attention of several manufacturers. 1864Ibid. VI. 189 Six heald-threads and six warp-threads are shown. 1874Tolhausen Technol. Dict., Heald-cord, cross string..embarbe. ▪ II. heald var. hield v. to lean, incline to one side. ▪ III. heald(e obs. forms of hold v. |