Definitions for "Wattle"
A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.
A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
Material consisting of wattled twigs, withes, etc., used for walls, fences, and the like.
A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile.
a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
a flap of skin that hangs from the neck, jaw, shoulder, or brisket of a cow or steer, used by buckaroos to identify the ownership of animals at a distance. Produced when calves are branded by cutting away a short length of hide. Also used as a verb.
The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark.
In Australasia, any tree of the genus Acacia; -- so called from the wattles, or hurdles, which the early settlers made of the long, pliable branches or of the split stems of the slender species. The bark of such trees is also called wattle. See also Savanna wattle, under Savanna.
Refers to 1,200 species of Acacia, in the legume family. Wattles are found around the world but predominantly in Australia. Australia's national floral emblem is the Golden Wattle, Acacia pycnantha. Wattle Day is celebrated on September 1.
Keywords:  cere, beak, see
See beak cere.
Keywords:  barbel, fish
Barbel of a fish.
Keywords:  dyke, pile, apply
To apply wattling to a pile dyke.
Keywords:  interlace, form
interlace to form wattle
Keywords:  build
build of or with wattle