🍾 Shaking to separate 🕵️ Mysterious or puzzling

riddling

1 8.2

A way to move the small bits that sink in wine to the neck of bottles

noun

Specialized

: removido

In the winemaking process, riddling involves shaking the bottles to remove sediment from the wine.

Examples

But go easy on the riddling, will ya?

Michael Collins (1996)
In winter and fall, small riddlings (street sweepings) decrease from 20 to seven percent in cities of the south zone, and from 11 to five percent in the middle zone.

Academic text (2000)
No, my riddling is done.

The Hobbit (1977)
Riddling is an essential technique used in champagne production to clarify the final product.
During riddling, the bottles are gradually turned and tilted to collect the sediment in the neck.

Synonyms

clearing

vsriddling

Specialized

1 6.6

Removing tiny solid bits from a liquid so it becomes clear

uses shaking and fine sieving to collect sediment in winemaking and mining

sifting

vsriddling

3.5

Small bits left after passing material through a sieve

is the active shaking process used to separate and gather sediment

Surface Forms

riddling singular

riddlings plural

Morphology

riddling = riddle (transparent) = riddle + ing

The word 'riddling' is transparently derived from 'riddle' with the addition of the suffix '-ing' to indicate the process or action.

Etymology

Riddling for the winemaking or mining process comes from the old word riddle, meaning 'sieve' or a tool for shaking out small pieces; imagine using a sieve to move bits to one side, which is why riddling is the shaking or sifting that moves sediment.