UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈwɒtəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈwɑtəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(wot′l)
wat•tle(wot′l),USA pronunciationn., 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
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 See alsogolden wattle
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 Wedelˈwattledadj
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