wattle C2 Topic:Animals US /ˈwɑtl̩/ UK /ˈwɒtl̩/ See IPA manual Freq #56965 Meanings 1 noun A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof. And there the heathen Prince, Arviragus, / Gave him an isle of marsh whereon to build; / And there he built with wattles from the marsh / A little lonely church in days of yore, […]. 2 noun Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person. The buttons below his waddle open to reveal a ruddy V, tidemark of the sun. 3 noun Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning, seen as a national emblem of Australia. The tents and sheets are made of the best Canadian duck, tanned for the purpose of preservation with a strong extract of iron-bark and wattle-bark. 4 noun framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence Thesaurus Word family Derived forms wattle-eyewattlebird Common collocations silver wattle Adjective + noun Etymology From Middle English wattel, watel, from Old English watel, watul (“hurdle”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”). Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # wattle **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈwɑtl̩/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈwɒtl̩/ **Frequency rank:** 56965 ## Meanings 1. A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof. 2. Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person. 3. Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning, seen as a national emblem of Australia. 4. framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence ## Examples - And there the heathen Prince, Arviragus, / Gave him an isle of marsh whereon to build; / And there he built with wattles from the marsh / A little lonely church in days of yore, […]. - The buttons below his waddle open to reveal a ruddy V, tidemark of the sun. - The tents and sheets are made of the best Canadian duck, tanned for the purpose of preservation with a strong extract of iron-bark and wattle-bark. ## Derived Forms - wattle-eye - wattlebird ## Etymology From Middle English wattel, watel, from Old English watel, watul (“hurdle”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”). ## Topics - Animals markdown