creel
/kɹiːl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.39 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
noun
A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
noun
A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
noun
A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
noun
A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "For this purpose they got an old creel to put him in and some straw to light under it. Seeing the serious turn matters were likely to take, he resolved not to await the trial, but flew up the smoke-hole, and when at the top he cried out that things would have gone very differently with them had it not been for the arrival of their guests."
- "Return with a creel of trout for supper."
- "Her great creel forehead-slung, she wanders nigh, Easing the heavy strap with gnarled, brown fingers"
- "For aught that appears in the record, plaintiff's fall was due entirely to the fact that his foot "creeled," and no one can say that his injuries were not due to the fall, but to the fact that he rolled down the embankment. […] he stepped around, and in doing so "creeled his foot in some way" and fell down the embankment, […]"
- "[…] a "creeled foot " strapped to relieve strained muscles, […]"
- "He creeled his ankle when he jumped off the porch. […] Vinegar was a key ingredient in many remedies for a creeled ankle."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: crele, -, crāticula