kiddle

See also: Kiddle

English

Alternative forms

• kettle, kittle, kiddel, kidel

Etymology

From Middle English kidel, kedel, kydel, from Anglo-Norman quidel, quideau (“a wicker framework used to trap fish”), from Old Breton kidel (“a net at the mouth of a stream”).

Noun

kiddle (plural kiddles)

1. A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.

Derived terms

• kettle of fish

Anagrams

• kiddel