reeded

1. 1
   adjective

   Shaped with grooves and ridges like a row of reeds, as on the edge of a coin.

   You can tell a dime from a penny in the dark, because the dime's edge is reeded.

   The cabinet doors are fitted with reeded glass that lets in light but blurs what's inside.

   Similarribbed, grooved, milled, fluted

   Oppositesmooth, plain

2. 2
   adjective

   Covered with reeds, as a riverbank or marsh may be.

   Herons stalked the reeded shallows at the mouth of the creek.

   The path follows a reeded bank where red-winged blackbirds nest each spring.

   Similarreedy

3. 3
   adjective

   Of a wind instrument, producing its tone by means of a vibrating reed.

   The ensemble pairs reeded winds such as oboe and clarinet with flutes, which have none.

   Bagpipe chanters are reeded, which is what gives them their buzzing tone.

4. 4
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of reed.

   The old barn was reeded again last summer, and its new thatch is still golden.

   The mint reeded the commemorative medals along the rim to match the circulating coins.

   Note

   The verb behind this form belongs to two trades linked only through the plant: thatchers reed a roof with prepared straw, and mints reed a coin by cutting fine ridges along its edge. One spelling serves as past tense and participle alike, and in the minting sense the participle passes easily into the ridged-edge adjective.

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