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Meaning of CREEL

Pronunciation:  kreel

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish
 
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 See Also: basket, handbasket

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Creel\ (kr[=e]l), n. [Gael. craidhleag basket, creel.]
1. An osier basket, such as anglers use. --Sir W. Scott.
2. (Spinning) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding
   paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle,
   and mule.
 

 

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