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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wat•tle /ˈwɑtəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Often, -tles. rods interwoven with twigs or branches, used esp. for making fences and walls.
wat•tled, adj. wat•tle1 /ˈwɑtəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Birdsa piece of flesh hanging down from the head or neck of certain birds, as the domestic turkey.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wat•tle (wot′l),USA pronunciation n., v., -tled, -tling, adj. n. - Often, wattles. a number of rods or stakes interwoven with twigs or tree branches for making fences, walls, etc.
- wattles, a number of poles laid on a roof to hold thatch.
- Plant Biology(in Australia) any of various acacias whose shoots and branches were used by the early colonists for wattles, now valued esp. for their bark, which is used in tanning.
- Birdsa fleshy lobe or appendage hanging down from the throat or chin of certain birds, as the domestic chicken or turkey.
v.t. - to bind, wall, fence, etc., with wattle or wattles.
- to roof or frame with or as if with wattles.
- to form into a basketwork;
interweave;
interlace. - to make or construct by interweaving twigs or branches:to wattle a fence.
adj. - built or roofed with wattle or wattles.
- bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English wattel, Old English watul covering, akin to wætla bandage; (verb, verbal) Middle English wattelen, derivative of the noun, nominal
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wattle /ˈwɒtəl/ n - a frame of rods or stakes interwoven with twigs, branches, etc, esp when used to make fences
- the material used in such a construction
- a loose fold of skin, often brightly coloured, hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds, lizards, etc
- any of various chiefly Australian acacia trees having spikes of small brightly coloured flowers and flexible branches, which were used by early settlers for making fences
vb (transitive)- to construct from wattle
- to bind or frame with wattle
- to weave or twist (branches, twigs, etc) into a frame
adj - made of, formed by, or covered with wattle
Etymology: Old English watol; related to wethel wrap, Old High German wadal, German Wedelˈwattled adj |