wattle
pronunciation
How to pronounce wattle in British English:
UK [ˈwɒtl]
How to pronounce wattle in American English:
US [ˈwɑtl]
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- Noun:
- a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
- framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence
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- Verb:
- build of or with wattle
- interlace to form wattle
Word Origin
- wattle (n.2)
- "fleshy appendage below the neck of certain birds," 1510s (extended jocularly to human beings, 1560s), of uncertain origin and of doubtful relationship to wattle (n.1). Related: Wattled.
- wattle (n.1)
- "stakes interlaced with twigs and forming the framework of the wall of a building," Old English watol "hurdle," in plural "twigs, thatching, tiles," related to weðel "bandage," from Proto-Germanic *wadlaz, from PIE *au- (3) "to weave" (see weeds). Surviving in wattle-and-daub "building material for huts, etc." (1808).
Example
- 1. Baron 's black wattle ale , australia .
- 2. When in flower , the golden wattle displays the national colours , green and gold .
- 3. There are wattle trees everywhere its model is nice and good looking it is a better kind of tree for afforest and viewing .
- 4. Is a house with wattle fence in the picture .
- 5. The two houses are separated ? By a wattle and daub .