A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of
such rods. [1913 Webster] And there he built with wattles from the
marsh A little lonely church in days of yore. --Tennyson. [1913
Webster]
A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch. [1913
Webster]
(Zool.) (a) A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled
and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or
throat of a bird or reptile. (b) Barbel of a fish. [1913
Webster]
(a) The astringent bark of several Australian
trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; --
called also wattle bark.
[1913 Webster]
Material consisting of wattled twigs, withes,
etc., used for walls, fences, and the like. "The pailsade of
wattle." --Frances Macnab. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
(Bot.) 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. The
bark of such trees is also called wattle. See also Savanna
wattle, under Savanna. [Webster 1913 Suppl.
+PJC] Wattle
turkey. (Zool.) Same as Brush
turkey. [1913 Webster]
To bind with twigs. [1913 Webster]
To twist or interweave, one with another, as
twigs; to form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches.
[1913 Webster]
To form, by interweaving or platting twigs. [1913
Webster] The folded flocks, penned in their wattled cotes.
--Milton. [1913 Webster]
Word Net
wattleNoun
1 a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored
fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds
(chickens and turkeys) or lizards [syn: lappet]
2 framework consisting of stakes interwoven with
branches to form a fence
Verb
1 build of or with wattle
2 interlace to form wattle
Moby Thesaurus
arabesque, basketry, basketwork, braid, cancellation, cross-hatching, crossing-out, enlace, entwine, filigree, fret, fretwork, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, interknit, interlace, interlacement, intertexture, intertie, intertissue, intertwine, intertwinement, intertwist, interweave, intort, knit, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, loom, loop, mat, mesh, meshes, meshwork, net, netting, network, noose, plait, pleach, plexure, plexus, raddle, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, sieve, splice, texture, tissue, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, twill, twine, twist, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork, wreatheEnglish
Homophones
- what'll (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Noun
- A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof
- 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
- Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person
- Any of several Australian trees of the Genus Acacia
Derived terms
Translations
construction of branches and twigs
fold of skin hanging from the neck of birds
- Finnish: heltta
fleshy appendage on the neck of goat
- Finnish: heltta
loose hanging skin
- Finnish: heltta
Australian acacia
Verb
- To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles
Wattle may refer to:
- Wattle (anatomy), a fleshy growth hanging from the head or neck of certain animals, including humans
- Wattle-and-daub, a building technique using woven wooden supports packed with clay or mud
- Croatian wattle, decorative pattern found in medieval Croatian art
Wattle may also refer to:
Plants:
- Acacia, commonly known as wattle, especially in Australia
- Black Wattle, a common name for several species of Acacia, as well as the unrelated Callicoma
Animals:
- Wattle bagworm, caterpillar native to Southern Africa
- Wattlebird, a member of the Honeyeater family, native to Australia
- Wattle-eye, a family of small insect-eating birds native to Africa
Places:
- Wattle Cove, Auckland, New Zealand
- Wattle Downs, Auckland, New Zealand
- Wattle Glen, Victoria, Australia
- Wattle Grove, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
- Wattle Grove, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
- Wattle Hill, New South Wales, a suburb of Leeton
- Wattle Park, Melbourne, a park known for its plantation of wattle trees
- Wattle Park, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
- Wattle Range Council, a local government area in South Australia
- Wattles House, a house in Omaha, Nebraska, owned by Gurdon Wattles
- Wattles Mansion, a house in Hollywood, California, owned by Gurdon Wattles
Other uses:
- Wattle Day, an Australian celebration of the first day of spring
- Steam tug Wattle, a vessel formerly in commercial service in Victoria Harbour, Melbourne, Australia