creel
verbEtymology Inherited from Northern Middle English crele, possibly from an Old French root *creille, variant of greille (compare French grille), from Latin crāticula.
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To place (fish) in a creel.
creel
noun/kɹiːl/
Etymology Inherited from Northern Middle English crele, possibly from an Old French root *creille, variant of greille (compare French grille), from Latin crāticula.
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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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Fishing, Hobbies, Lifestyle 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 fingers1897, William Henley, In Fisherrow:
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Historical 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.
› A woven basket, especially a wicker basket. › Such a basket slung as a backpack for cargo…
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Historical Such a basket slung on a pack animal; a pannier.
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Business, Manufacturing, Textiles A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.