wattle
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)A barbel of a fish.
- 5.
(countable, uncountable)A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
- 6.
(countable, uncountable)Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
- 7.
(countable, uncountable)Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning, seen as a national emblem of Australia.
- 8.
(countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)An ear (organ of hearing).
1859, George Washington Matsell, Vocabulum; or The Rogue's Lexicon "Tip me your wattles, my pal, and touch my whids, or I'll make you whindle like a kinchin," give me your ears and take my words, or I'll make you snivel like a child.
Wat. A hare, from his wattles, i. e. long ears.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.
- 2.
(transitive)To bind with wattles or twigs.
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From Middle English wattel, watel, from Old English watel, watul (hurdle). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (to turn, wind, bend).