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creel

noun
/kɹiːl/

Etymology

Inherited from Northern Middle English crele, possibly from an Old French root *creille, variant of greille (compare French grille), from Latin crāticula.

  1. derived from crāticula
  2. inherited from crele

Definitions

  1. A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.

    • Return with a creel of trout for supper.
    • Her great creel forehead-slung, she wanders nigh, Easing the heavy strap with gnarled, brown fingers

  2. A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving…

    A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.

  3. To place (fish) in a creel.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To wrench or sprain.

      • […] a "creeled foot " strapped to relieve strained muscles, […]
      • He creeled his ankle when he jumped off the porch. […] Vinegar was a key ingredient in many remedies for a creeled ankle.

    2. A surname.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA