Definition of "wattle"

wattle

/ˈwɒtl̩/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural wattles
1. A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
  Quotations
  And there the heathen Prince, Arviragus, / Gave him an isle of marsh whereon to build; / And there he built with wattles from the marsh / A little lonely church in days of yore, […]
  1874, Alfred Tennyson, “The Holy Grail”, in Idylls of the King (The Works of Alfred Tennyson; VI), cabinet edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., […], page 104
2. A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
3. A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.
4. A barbel of a fish.
5. A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
6. Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
  Quotations
  The buttons below his waddle open to reveal a ruddy V, tidemark of the sun.
  2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
7. Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning, seen as a national emblem of Australia.
  Quotations
  The tents and sheets are made of the best Canadian duck, tanned for the purpose of preservation with a strong extract of iron-bark and wattle-bark.
  1901, “Progress in the Fruit Industry of Queensland”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎, volume 4, page 16
verb
third-person singular simple present wattles, present participle wattling, simple past and past participle wattled
1. (transitive) To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.
2. (transitive) To bind with wattles or twigs.

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