wat|tle

wat|tle¹ «WOT uhl», noun.

1. a) the bright-red flesh hanging down from the throat on the males of chickens, turkeys, or other domestic fowls and certain other birds. b) a fleshy appendage below the throat of certain reptiles, such as the iguana. c) the barbel of a fish.

2. Slang. a loose fold of skin hanging under a person's chin.

╂[origin uncertain]

wat|tle² «WOT uhl», noun, verb, -tled, -tling, adjective.

–n.

1. Also, wattles. a) sticks interwoven with twigs, branches, or reeds; framework of wicker: »

a hut built of wattle.

b) a framework of poles or rods for a thatched roof.

2. any one of various acacias of Australia, used to make wattles and in tanning.

3. British Dialect. a) any stick, wand, rod, or twig. b) a sheep hurdle made of wattle.

–v.t.

1. to make (a fence, wall, roof, hut, or barrier) of wattle.

2. to twist or weave together (twigs, branches, or reeds).

3. to bind together with interwoven twigs, branches, or reeds.

–adj.

made or built of wattle.

╂[Old English watol]