fettle

[ fet-l ]

/ ˈfɛt l /

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noun

state; condition: in fine fettle.

verb (used with object), fet·tled, fet·tling.

Ceramics. to remove mold marks from (a cast piece).

Metallurgy.

to remove sand from (a casting).
to repair the hearth of (an open-hearth furnace).

Origin of fettle

1300–50; Middle English fetle to shape, prepare, back formation from fetled,Old English *fetelede girded up, equivalent to fetel belt + -ede-ed²

Words nearby fettle

fetotoxicity, fetter, fetter bone, fetterbush, fetterlock, fettle, fettler, fettling, fettuccine, fettuccine Alfredo, fettucine

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Example sentences from the Web for fettle

The gunners and swabbers were putting their cannon in fettle below decks.
The Black Buccaneer|Stephen W. Meader
They stopt to fettle th' engine a while back, an' they'n never started sin'.
Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine|Edwin Waugh
That's a match some old cats would lap tea all night to fettle up.'
A Diversity of Creatures|Rudyard Kipling
One branch of my duty is to fettle your horse; and in Flamborough they fettle them on stale fish.
Mary Anerley|R. D. Blackmore

The meetings were only memorable when Tammas Haggart was in fettle, to pronounce judgments in his well-known sarcastic way.
A Window in Thrums|J. M. Barrie

British Dictionary definitions for fettle

fettle

/ (ˈfɛtəl) /

verb (tr)

to remove (excess moulding material and casting irregularities) from a cast component

to line or repair (the walls of a furnace)

British dialect

to prepare or arrange (a thing, oneself, etc), esp to put a finishing touch to
to repair or mend (something)

noun

state of health, spirits, etc (esp in the phrase in fine fettle)

another name for fettling

Word Origin for fettle

C14 (in the sense: to put in order): back formation from fetled girded up, from Old English fetel belt

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for fettle

fettle

[ fĕt′l ]

n.

Proper or sound condition.

Mental or emotional state; spirits.

单词	fettle
释义	fettle [ fet-l ] / ˈfɛt l / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fettle ON THESAURUS.COM noun state; condition: in fine fettle. verb (used with object), fet·tled, fet·tling. Ceramics. to remove mold marks from (a cast piece). Metallurgy. to remove sand from (a casting). to repair the hearth of (an open-hearth furnace). Origin of fettle 1300–50; Middle English fetle to shape, prepare, back formation from fetled,Old English *fetelede girded up, equivalent to fetel belt + -ede-ed² Words nearby fettle fetotoxicity, fetter, fetter bone, fetterbush, fetterlock, fettle, fettler, fettling, fettuccine, fettuccine Alfredo, fettucine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fettle The gunners and swabbers were putting their cannon in fettle below decks. The Black Buccaneer\|Stephen W. Meader They stopt to fettle th' engine a while back, an' they'n never started sin'. Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine\|Edwin Waugh That's a match some old cats would lap tea all night to fettle up.' A Diversity of Creatures\|Rudyard Kipling One branch of my duty is to fettle your horse; and in Flamborough they fettle them on stale fish. Mary Anerley\|R. D. Blackmore The meetings were only memorable when Tammas Haggart was in fettle, to pronounce judgments in his well-known sarcastic way. A Window in Thrums\|J. M. Barrie British Dictionary definitions for fettle fettle / (ˈfɛtəl) / verb (tr) to remove (excess moulding material and casting irregularities) from a cast component to line or repair (the walls of a furnace) British dialect to prepare or arrange (a thing, oneself, etc), esp to put a finishing touch to to repair or mend (something) noun state of health, spirits, etc (esp in the phrase in fine fettle) another name for fettling Word Origin for fettle C14 (in the sense: to put in order): back formation from fetled girded up, from Old English fetel belt Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fettle shape, order, condition Medical definitions for fettle fettle [ fĕt′l ] n. Proper or sound condition. Mental or emotional state; spirits. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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fettle

noun

verb (used with object), fet·tled, fet·tling.

Origin of fettle

Words nearby fettle

Example sentences from the Web for fettle

British Dictionary definitions for fettle

verb (tr)

noun

Word Origin for fettle

Words related to fettle

Medical definitions for fettle

n.