To bind with twigs. [1913 Webster]
To twist or interweave, one with another, as
twigs; to form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches.
[1913 Webster]
To form, by interweaving or platting twigs. [1913
Webster] The folded flocks, penned in their wattled cotes.
--Milton. [1913 Webster]
Wattled \Wat"tled\, a. Furnished with wattles, or
pendent fleshy processes at the chin or throat. [1913 Webster] The
wattled cocks strut to and fro. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
English
Adjective
wattled- having a wattle
Verb form
wattled- past of wattle
Wattle may refer to:
- Wattle (anatomy), a fleshy growth hanging from the head or neck of certain animals, including humans
- Wattle-and-daub, a building technique using woven wooden supports packed with clay or mud
- Croatian wattle, decorative pattern found in medieval Croatian art
Wattle may also refer to:
Plants:
- Acacia, commonly known as wattle, especially in Australia
- Black Wattle, a common name for several species of Acacia, as well as the unrelated Callicoma
Animals:
- Wattle bagworm, caterpillar native to Southern Africa
- Wattlebird, a member of the Honeyeater family, native to Australia
- Wattle-eye, a family of small insect-eating birds native to Africa
Places:
- Wattle Cove, Auckland, New Zealand
- Wattle Downs, Auckland, New Zealand
- Wattle Glen, Victoria, Australia
- Wattle Grove, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
- Wattle Grove, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
- Wattle Hill, New South Wales, a suburb of Leeton
- Wattle Park, Melbourne, a park known for its plantation of wattle trees
- Wattle Park, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
- Wattle Range Council, a local government area in South Australia
- Wattles House, a house in Omaha, Nebraska, owned by Gurdon Wattles
- Wattles Mansion, a house in Hollywood, California, owned by Gurdon Wattles
Other uses:
- Wattle Day, an Australian celebration of the first day of spring
- Steam tug Wattle, a vessel formerly in commercial service in Victoria Harbour, Melbourne, Australia