creel
NounUS[kreel]/kril/1 syllable
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fishType of basket, handbasket
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Creel (krēl), noun
Origin: Gael. craidhleag basket, creel.
1. An osier basket, such as anglers use. Sir Walter Scott
2. Spinning A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54