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creel I. \ˈkrēl, esp before pause or consonant -ēəl\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English crele, crelle, creille, probably from (assumed) Middle French creille small gridiron (Old French & Middle French greille), from Latin craticula, diminutive of cratis wickerwork — more at hurdle 1. : a wickerwork receptacle: as a. : a basket for carrying fish or peat on the back b. : an angler's basket c. : a trap for fish or lobsters 2. dialect England : a framework of varying form (as a rack for plates or a frame on which to slaughter pigs or shear sheep) 3. textile manuf : a bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins (as in the roving machine or mule); also : any frame for holding the bobbins or spools • - in a creel II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. : to put (fish) in a creel : catch, take < the number of trout creeled per angler > 2. : to set up the creel on (a textile machine) |