WATTLE


Meaning of WATTLE in English

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.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.