wattle.
A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
Meaning & usage
A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.
A barbel of a fish.
A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning, seen as a national emblem of Australia.
An ear (organ of hearing).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English wattel, watel, from Old English watel, watul (“hurdle”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”).
To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.
To bind with wattles or twigs.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English wattel, watel, from Old English watel, watul (“hurdle”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”).
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