wattle

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A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards
A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat
To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles
A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof
Any of several Australian trees of the Genus Acacia
Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person
{v} to bind, fix or form with twigs
Barbel of a fish
{i} interwoven twigs and branches used for fences or walls; Australian tree or shrub of the Acacia genus; fleshy and wrinkled piece of skin hanging from the throat of some types of fowl and some kinds of lizards
A kind of woven mesh of sticks, usually oak or willow, used in house construction
To form, by interweaving or platting twigs
A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch
The trees from which the bark is obtained
used for walls, fences, and the like
The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; called also wattle bark
A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods
In Australasia, any tree of the genus Acacia; so called from the wattles, or hurdles, which the early settlers made of the long, pliable branches or of the split stems of the slender species
framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence
To bind with twigs
A mat of woven (willow) sticks and weeds; used in wall and dike construction
framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards interlace to form wattle build of or with wattle
a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
To twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches
– A fleshy, wrinkled, often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat, characteristic of certain birds, such as chickens or turkeys, and some lizards
build of or with wattle
A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile
See Savanna wattle, under Savanna
Wattle is a framework made by weaving thin sticks through thick sticks which is used for making fences and walls. the native huts of mud and wattle. wattle fencing
interlace to form wattle
A mat of woven (willow) sticks and weeds used in wall and dike construction
Material consisting of wattled twigs, withes, etc
wattle and daub
A structure of interwoven branches and twigs plastered with mud, clay or dung, used in the construction of dwellings, especially as infill in a half-timbered wall
wattle-and-daub
Alternative spelling of wattle and daub
wattle and daub
building material consisting of interwoven rods and twigs covered with clay
wattle and daub
building material that consists of wattle covered with mud or clay (sometimes contains lime, dung, straw)
wattle and daub
A building material consisting of interwoven rods and laths or twigs plastered with mud or clay, used especially in the construction of simple dwellings or as an infill between members of a timber-framed wall
wattling
an interwoven mesh of twigs; wattle

1952: Wattling consists of a row of upright stakes the spaces between which are more or less filled by interweaving small branches, hazel rods, osiers, reeds, thin strips of wood, or other pliant material. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 188.

wattling
the act of making such a mesh
wattles
{n} hurdles of willows, a cock's gills
black wattle
Australian tree that yields tanning materials
golden wattle
shrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental
silver wattle
evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers
wattled
past of wattle
wattled
{s} with wattles, having fleshy and wrinkled piece of skin hanging from the throat or chin
wattled
having a wattle
wattled
Furnished with wattles, or pendent fleshy processes at the chin or throat
wattles
plural of wattle
wattling
an interwoven mesh of twigs
wattling
The act or process of binding or platting with twigs; also, the network so formed
wattle

    Расстановка переносов

    wat·tle

    Произношение

    Этимология

    [ 'wä-t&l ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English wattel, from Old English watel; akin to Old High German wadal bandage.

    Времена

    wattles, wattling, wattled
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