creel en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /kɹiːl/
Etymology
Inherited from Northern Middle English crele, possibly from an Old French root *creille, variant of greille (compare French grille), from Latin crāticula.
Meanings
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A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
For this purpose they got an old creel to put him in and some straw to light under it. Seeing the serious turn matters were likely to take, he resolved not to await the trial, but flew up the smoke-hole, and when at the top he cried out that things would have gone very differently with them had it not been for the arrival of their guests.
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 393:
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A woven basket, especially a wicker basket. ▸ An osier basket that anglers use to hold fish.
Return with a creel of trout for supper.
1895, R. D. Blackmore, Slain By The Doones, Dodd, Mead and Company, page 6:Her great creel forehead-slung, she wanders nigh, Easing the heavy strap with gnarled, brown fingers
1897, William Henley, In Fisherrow:
- (historical) A woven basket, especially a wicker basket. ▸ Such a basket slung as a backpack for cargo, especially in times and places with limited or nonexistent wheeled transport, as for example among peasants in mountainous regions.
- (historical) A woven basket, especially a wicker basket. ▸ Such a basket slung as a backpack for cargo, especially in times and places with limited or nonexistent wheeled transport, as for example among peasants in mountainous regions. ▸ Such a basket slung on a pack animal; a pannier.
- A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| creels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (18)
gd cliabh (osier basket to hold fish) · mi tauremu (osier basket to hold fish) · de Fischkorb (osier basket to hold fish) · bg винтер (osier basket to hold fish) · nl leefnet (osier basket to hold fish) · th ข้อง (osier basket to hold fish) · ota بالق سپتی (osier basket to hold fish) · gl nasa (osier basket to hold fish) · vi oi (osier basket to hold fish) · grc γυργαθός (osier basket to hold fish) · de Gatter (bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins) · fr nasse (osier basket to hold fish) · fi kalakori (osier basket to hold fish) · it cantra (bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins) · cs vrš (osier basket to hold fish) · enm crele (osier basket to hold fish) · la nassa (osier basket to hold fish) · it nassa (osier basket to hold fish)