wattle
To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattlesTo construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.
» Nowadays, few ordinary city dwellers ever use the word "wattle".
В настоящее время, немногие из обычных городских жителей когда-либо используют слово «плетень». — mutternoise
shanghainese · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(transitive)To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.
build of or with wattle
(transitive)To bind with wattles or twigs.
Examples
1 sentencesNowadays, few ordinary city dwellers ever use the word "wattle".
ruВ настоящее время, немногие из обычных городских жителей когда-либо используют слово «плетень». — mutternoise
Origin
From Middle English wattel, watel, from Old English watel, watul (“hurdle”). Ultimately frFrom Middle English wattel, watel, from Old English watel, watul (“hurdle”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”).
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Forms
wattles, wattling, wattled, wattledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.