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creel

creel

(krēl)

1. A wicker basket, especially one used by anglers for carrying fish.

2. A frame for holding bobbins or spools in a spinning machine.

[Middle English crel, from Old French *creille, latticework, from Latin crātīcula, gridiron, diminutive of crātis, wickerwork.]

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creel

(kriːl)

1. (Fishing) a wickerwork basket, esp one used to hold fish

2. (Fishing) a wickerwork trap for catching lobsters, etc

3. (Knitting & Sewing) the framework on a spinning machine that holds the bobbins

4. dialect West Yorkshire a wooden frame suspended from a ceiling, used for drying clothes

[C15: from Scottish, of obscure origin]

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creel

(kril)

n.

1. a wickerwork basket, used esp. for carrying fish.

2. a wicker trap for fish, lobsters, etc.

3. a rack for holding bobbins in a spinning machine.

v.t.

4. to place or keep (caught fish) in a creel.

[1275–1325; Middle English crele, of uncertain orig.]

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creel - a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish

basket, handbasket - a container that is usually woven and has handles

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nassa

creel

[kriːl] N → nasa f, cesta f (de pescador)

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creel

[ˈkriːl] n → panier m de pêche

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creel

n → Korb m

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creel

[kriːl] n → cestino per il pesce (also lobster creel) → nassa

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