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Language: Old English
Origin: watel

wattle

 noun
     
Related topics: Industry
wat‧tle
1TI [uncountable] a frame made from sticks woven together:
a wattle fence
walls made of wattle and daub (=this frame covered with clay)
2 [countable] the red flesh that grows on the head or neck of some birds, such as chickens
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