"repair heddle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: repair heddles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} repair heddle (plural repair heddles)
  1. A type of heddle, either premade or makeshift, used when a thread is skipped or breaks, or to replace a broken heddle. Wikipedia link: Heddle#Repair heddles
    Sense id: en-repair_heddle-en-noun-FuNE0gco Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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