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🧶 To braid 🎨 To mark with color 🟥 A red pigment
to raddle

to raddle

9.9
To mark animals or objects with colored paint for identification
  • verb
  • /ˈrædəl/
  • Archaic
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  • Each ram was raddled with a different color for easy identification.

Examples

  • The farmer used a brush to raddle the sheep before the sale.

  • They raddled the fences with bright paint to mark the property boundaries.

  • Farmers often raddle their sheep for identification.

  • She raddled the calves to prevent them from getting lost.

  • The farmer used a brush to raddle the sheep before the sale.

  • Each ram was raddled with a different color for easy identification.

  • She raddled the calves to help ensure they wouldn't get lost.

Synonyms

to dapple
vsto raddle
5 7.2

To make small spots of a different color on something

is used to mark deliberately to identify or distinguish
to mottle
vsto raddle
3 8.0

To make something have uneven spots or patches of color

is used to mark deliberately to identify or distinguish

How Marked

to brand
29 3.0
to raddle
  • Archaic
9.9
to mark
192 1.0
to spot
46 2.2

Surface Forms

raddle infinitive
raddled past
raddled past participle
raddling present participle
raddles third person singular

Etymology

Raddle meaning to mark or paint comes from old words for 'red' and is like the older form ruddle, because farmers used a red paint to mark sheep, so to raddle came to mean 'to paint or mark' with that red colour.