- fish-creel
- fishˈ-creel noun1. An angler's basket2. A fishwife's basket• • •Main Entry: ↑fish
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creel — [ kril ] noun count 1. ) a basket used for keeping fish that you have just caught 2. ) a container used for catching fish, especially LOBSTERS … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
creel — [krēl] n. [ME crel < OFr graïl: see GRIDDLE] 1. a wicker basket, canvas bag, for holding fish, often worn over the shoulder by a person who fishes 2. a basketlike cage for trapping fish, shellfish, etc. 3. a frame or rack for holding the… … English World dictionary
creel — [kri:l] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old French creille grill , from Latin craticula; GRILL2] a ↑fisherman s basket for carrying fish … Dictionary of contemporary English
creel — ► NOUN 1) a large basket for carrying fish. 2) a rack holding bobbins or spools when spinning. ORIGIN originally Scots and northern English: of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
Creel (basket) — This article is about the basket type. For other uses, see Creel. Creel Creel is a type of small wicker basket mainly used by anglers to hold fish or other prey. A creel is designed to function as an evaporative cooler when lined with moss and… … Wikipedia
creel — UK [kriːl] / US [krɪl] noun [countable] Word forms creel : singular creel plural creels 1) a basket used for keeping fish that you have just caught 2) a container used for catching fish, especially lobsters … English dictionary
creel — [[t]kril[/t]] n. 1) a wickerwork basket, used esp. for carrying fish 2) a wicker trap for fish, lobsters, etc 3) tex a rack for holding bobbins in a spinning machine 4) to place or keep (caught fish) in a creel • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME crele,… … From formal English to slang
fish quotations — an arbitrary selection follows and also includes proverbs, rhymes, fragments of show tunes, and ditties (as Q lacks piscine entries). Some other proverbs appear in the letter files: 1 Anaximander says that men were first produced in fishes, and… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Fish hook — Fishhook redirects here. For other uses, see Fishhook (disambiguation). Anatomy of a fish hook A fish hook is a device for catching fish either by impaling them in the mouth or, more rarely, by snagging the body of the fish. Fish hooks have been… … Wikipedia
creel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English creille, crele Date: 14th century 1. a wicker basket (as for carrying newly caught fish) 2. a bar with skewers for holding bobbins in a spinning machine II. transitive verb Date: 1844 to put (caught fish) in a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
