See Also: wattle(medicine)
wattle(1)(dictionary)
wattle(2)(dictionary)
wattle(dictionary)
willow wattle(medicine)

wattle(1) (iou)



wattle noun1 & verb.

A. noun.
Rods or stakes interlaced with twigs or branches as a material for making fences, walls, roofs, etc.; sing. & in pl., rods and branches collected for this purpose. OE.
wattle and daub wattle twigs plastered with clay or mud and used as a building material.
A rod, a stick. dial. L16.
A wicker hurdle. dial. M17.
More fully wattle-tree [from the early settlers' use of the boughs to build huts]. In Australia: any of numerous indigenous acacias, chiefly with long pliant boughs and freq. with fragrant golden flowers. L18.
Cootamundra wattle, golden wattle, silver wattle, etc.
b. verb trans.
Construct (a building, wall, fence, etc.) of wattle. LME.
b. Construct (a sheepfold) with hurdles. L18.
Interlace (rods, twigs, etc.) to form wattle. L15.
Cover, enclose, or fill up with wattle. Also foll. by about. M16.
Bind together (rods or stakes) with interlaced twigs or branches. Also foll. by across. E17.
Enclose (sheep) in a sheepfold. dial. L19.
wattling noun (a) = WATTLE noun1 1; (b) the action of the verb: ME.