Entry 4 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913 Ruddle /rŭd'-əl/ · Rud·dle · IPA /ˈɹʌdəl/ v. t. n. n. v. t. 01 v. t. To raddle or twist. 1. To raddle or twist.[Obs.] 02 n. A riddle or sieve. 1. A riddle or sieve.[Obs.] 03 n. A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher. 1. A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher.(Min.) 04 v. t. To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge. 1. To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge. “A fair sheep newly ruddled.” — Lady M. W. Montagu.