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Added 10 October 2026

wattle

/ˈwɒtl̩/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about wattle at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards.
Framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence.
Any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle.

verb

Build of or with wattle.
Interlace to form wattle.

Origin

From Middle English wattel, watel, from Old English watel, watul (“hurdle”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”).

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