1. heddle - Noun
2. heddle - Verb
One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.
To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHeddle looms were popular near the beginning of the 20th century. Source: Internet
There are still a few Heddle Bead Looms being manufactured today. Source: Internet