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Related topics: Industrywat·tle /ˈwɒtl $ ˈwɑːtl/ noun 1 TI[uncountable] a frame made from sticks woven together 编条结构 a wattle fence 编筑的篱笆 walls made of wattle and daub (=this frame covered with clay) 抹灰篱笆墙2. HBA[countable] the red flesh that grows on the head or neck of some birds, such as chickens 〔某些禽类头部或颈部的〕红色肉垂Examples from the Corpuswattle• Back towards the house, a wattle fence divides off the western side of the garden.• A dun and a barred blue, both trimmed for the pit, combs and wattles scissored off.• His wattle throat sagged above his careful tie and clean brown suit.• They tore down his crude village of wattles and mud, and raised their temples and markets in its place.• Males have prominent red wattle over eye.• The sun was low by now, obscured behind the wattle of leafless branches, and the air had a chilly edge.• His interest is in pricking Prior Robert and Sub-Prior Herluin into bristling at each other with wattles glowing scarlet and throats gobbling rage.Origin wattle Old English watelwat·tle nounChineseSyllable frame woven made a sticks Corpus from together |