wattle
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈwɒtəl/
  • (America) enPR: wätʹəl, IPA: /ˈwɒtəl/, [ˈwɑ.ɾl̩]
Noun

wattle

  1. A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
    • ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Holy Grail
      And there he built with wattles from the marsh / A little lonely church in days of yore.
  2. A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
  3. A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.
  4. A barbel of a fish.
  5. A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
  6. Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
  7. Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning.
Translations Translations Translations Translations
  • Italian: pappagorgia
  • Russian: двойно́й подборо́док
Translations
  • Italian: acacia australiana
  • Russian: ака́ция
Verb

wattle (wattles, present participle wattling; past and past participle wattled)

  1. (transitive) To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.
  2. (transitive) To bind with wattles or twigs.



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