English

Adjective

unheddled ‎(not comparable)

1. (of a thread of the warp) That has not been heddled.
   • 1978, Judy Ziek De Rodriguez, Nona Ziek, Weaving on a Backstrap Loom: Pattern Designs from Guatemala, page 172,

     It may be that pulling on a heddle string has involved an unheddled thread that can be pulled loose.

   • 1978, Nina Holland, Weaving Primer: A Complete Guide to Inkle, Backstrap, and Frame Looms, page 24,

     Make shed 1 again by pushing up on the unheddled yarns under bar F.

   • 1986, Barbara K. Nordquist, Emma Jean Mettam, Kathy Jansen, Traditional Folk Textiles and Dress: Selected Readings and Bibliography, page 289,

     […] the woman forms the first shed by drawing the heddle lath and the warp threads it controls towards herself with one hand while depressing ihe loose unheddled threads with the other.