Толковый словарь английского языка - wattle
Wattle
wattle
I. noun Etymology: Middle English wattel, from Old English watel; akin to Old High German wadal bandage Date: before 12th century 1. a fabrication of poles interwoven with slender branches, withes, or reeds and used especially formerly in building, material for such construction, poles laid on a roof to support thatch, acacia 2, ~d adjective II. transitive verb (~d; wattling) Date: 14th century to form or build of or with ~, 2. to form into ~ ; interlace to form ~, to unite or make solid by interweaving light flexible material, III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1513 a fleshy pendulous process usually about the head or neck (as of a bird)
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a interlaced rods and split rods as a material for making fences, walls, etc. b (in sing. or pl.) rods and twigs for this use. 2 an Australian acacia with long pliant branches, with bark used in tanning and golden flowers used as the national emblem. 3 dial. a wicker hurdle. --v.tr. 1 make of wattle. 2 enclose or fill up with wattles. Phrases and idioms wattle and daub a network of rods and twigs plastered with mud or clay as a building material. Etymology: OE watul, of unkn. orig. 2. n. 1 a loose fleshy appendage on the head or throat of a turkey or other birds. 2 = BARB n. 3. Derivatives wattled adj. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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