wattle

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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. isim A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
3. isim A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.
4. isim A barbel of a fish.
5. isim A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
6. isim Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.

   “The buttons below his waddle open to reveal a ruddy V, tidemark of the sun.”

7. isim 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.”

8. isim An ear (organ of hearing).

   “"Tip me your wattles, my pal, and touch my whids, or I'll make you whindle like a kinchin," give me your ears and take my words, or I'll make you snivel like a child.”

9. fiil To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.
10. fiil To bind with wattles or twigs.