cuttle 1
/kut"l/ , n.
1. cuttlefish.
2. cuttlebone.
[ bef. 1000; late ME codel, OE cudele (replaced in the 16th century by CUTTLEFISH and subsequently reshortened) ]
cuttle 2
/kut"l/ , v.t., cuttled, cuttling . Textiles.
1. to fold (cloth) face to face after finishing.
2. to allow (cloth) to lie without further treatment after fulling, milling, scouring, etc.
[ 1535-45; orig. uncert. ]