creel
English
/kɹiːl/
noun
Definitions
- (fishing) An osier basket, such as anglers use to hold fish.
- A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English crele derived from Latin crāticula.
Origin
Latin
crāticula
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- creeler English
- creelman English
- grill English
- grille English
- crāticula Latin
- gradicula Latin
- graticula Latin
- graticola Italian
- griglia Italian
- grille French
- griller French
- grill Norwegian Bokmål
- grill Norwegian Nynorsk
- crele Middle English
- greille Old French
- graella Catalan, Valencian
- gril Turkish
- grille Middle French