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)