noun
- a red ochre or iron oxide used as a pigment or for marking sheep
Usage: chiefly British
verb
- to mark or color with reddle
Usage: chiefly British
Examples
- The shepherd used reddle to mark his sheep before shearing.
- Traditional cave paintings often used reddle as a red pigment.
- The farmer reddled the ewes to identify which had been bred.
- Reddle was commonly used by ancient peoples for body painting.
- The artist mixed reddle with water to create a rusty red paint.
- Workers reddled the fence posts to make them more visible.