heddle
To thread each strand of the warp through the eye of a heddle.
After each frame has been heddled, stand upright within easy reach until the full set has been completed.
Where it comes from
From Middle English helde, from Old English hefeld, from the root of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have, heave”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Cognate with Old Saxon hevild, Middle Low German hevelte, Icelandic hafald.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry heddle (CC BY-SA 4.0).