/kɹiːl/
OriginInherited from Northern Middle English crele, possibly from an Old French root *creille, variant of greille (compare French grille), from Latin crāticula.
- An osier basket that anglers use to hold fish.
“Return with a creel of trout for supper.”
“Her great creel forehead-slung, she wanders nigh,
Easing the heavy strap with gnarled, brown fingers”
- historicalSuch a basket slung as a backpack for cargo, especially in times and places with limited or nonexistent wheeled transport, as for example among peasants in mountainous regions.
- historicalSuch a basket slung on a pack animal; a pannier.
- A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.
- transitiveTo place (fish) in a creel.
- Appalachia, Southern-USTo wrench or sprain.
“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 roll”
“[…] 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.”
Formscreels(plural) · creels(present, singular, third-person) · creeling(participle, present) · creeled(participle, past) · creeled(past) · Creels(plural)