wattle¹ /wotˈl/

1. (collective sing or in pl) material for fences, roofs, etc, in the form of rods and branches, etc, either interwoven to form a network or loose
2. A hurdle (dialect)
3. A twig or flexible rod (dialect)
4. Any of various Australian acacias
5. (perh a word of separate origin) the coloured fleshy excrescence under the throat of some birds, or a similar excrescence or process on any part of the head of a bird, fish, etc

1. To bind with wattle or twigs
2. To form by plaiting twigs

wattˈled adjective

wattˈling noun

1. The act of making wattles by interweaving twigs, etc
2. Wattlework, or the material for it

wattle and daub or (rare) wattle and dab noun

Wattlework plastered with mud and used as a building material

wattˈlebark noun

The bark of various acacias, used for tanning

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