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Webster 1913 Edition
Wattle
Wat′tle
,Noun.
1.
A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.
And there he built with
A little lonely church in days of yore.
wattles
from the marshA little lonely church in days of yore.
Tennyson.
2.
A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
3.
(Zool.)
(a)
A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile.
(b)
Barbel of a fish.
4.
(a)
The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus
Acacia
, used in tanning; – called also wattle bark
. Wat′tle
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wattled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wattling
.] 1.
To bind with twigs.
2.
To twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to form a network with; to plat;
as, to
. wattle
branches3.
To form, by interweaving or platting twigs.
The folded flocks, penned in their
wattled
cotes. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wattle
WATTLE
,Noun.
1.
Properly, a twig or flexible rod; and hence, a hurdle.2.
The fleshy excrescence that grows under the throat of a cock or turkey, or a like substance on a fish.3.
A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.WATTLE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To bind with twigs.2.
To twist or interweave twigs one with another; to plat; to for a kind of network with flexible branches; as, to wattle a hedge.Definition 2024
wattle
wattle
English
A wattle (construction of woven branches) fence (bottom).
Wattle (fold of skin in birds and lizards) hanging from a rooster’s neck.
Wattles of a goat.
Acacia podalyriifolia, a wattle (Australian tree of the genus Acacia).
Noun
wattle (plural wattles)
- A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
- (Can we date this quote?) Tennyson
- And there he built with wattles from the marsh / A little lonely church in days of yore.
- (Can we date this quote?) Tennyson
- 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.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- wattle and daub
- black wattle (Acacia spp. and Callicoma)
- golden wattle (Acacia pycantha)
- sunshine wattle (Acacia terminalis)
- wattle bagworm (Kotochalia junodi)
- wattlebird (Anthochaera)
- wattle-eye (Platysteiridae)
Translations
construction of branches and twigs
fold of skin hanging from the neck of birds
fleshy appendage on the neck of goat
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loose hanging skin
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Australian acacia
Verb
wattle (third-person singular simple present wattles, present participle wattling, simple past and past participle wattled)
- (transitive) To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.