verb
- marks or colors with red ochre or similar red pigment
Usage: archaic
noun
- plural of reddle; red ochre or iron oxide used as a pigment or marking material
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The shepherd reddles his sheep to identify them.
- She reddles the fence posts with the red clay mixture.
- The artist reddles the canvas with natural pigments.
- Farmers traditionally reddles their livestock for marking.
- The reddles were stored in clay pots for later use.
- He mixed the reddles with oil to create paint.
- The old barn was marked with reddles from years past.