6 September 2017

creel

[kreel]

noun

1. a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
2. a basket made of wicker or other material, for holding fish, lobsters, etc.
3. a trap for fish, lobsters, etc., especially one made of wicker.
4. a framework, especially one for holding bobbins in a spinning machine.

Origin of creel

Middle English

1275-1325; Middle English crele, of uncertain origin

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Examples from the Web for creel

Historical Examples

He gathers up the straps of Dick’s creel, and turns to the shadow for your own.
The Forest
Stewart Edward White

The spools from the spooler are placed on a large frame, called a creel.
The Fabric of Civilization
Anonymous

He had been drawing on his waders and buckling on his creel.
The Highgrader
William MacLeod Raine

“Let us try again,” said Civil, as he set his creel of mackerel in the boat.
Granny’s Wonderful Chair
Frances Browne

“Granny will have her creel full to sell to-morrow,” he thought.
Michael Penguyne
William H. G. Kingston

You had better let me take your creel, Nelly; it will be nothing to me.
Michael Penguyne
William H. G. Kingston

I wanted you to take off that creel and have a turn with me.
Michael Penguyne
William H. G. Kingston

Didn’t I desire you to fill the creel to the top, and above it?’
The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain
William Carleton

It would be putting adders in the creel wi the eggs if ye did na.
The Entail
John Galt

I had no net, no creel, therefore had to lead my trout into my hand.
Fishing With The Fly
Charles F. Orvis and Others

Today’s quote

I think that happiness resides somewhere between the extremes of personal, religious, and political. I think happiness resides where we understand someone else’s point of view and needs. Happiness resides where we are not lost in the solitary dream.

– Roger Waters

On this day

6 September 1819 – the lathe patented by Thomas Blanchard.

6 September 1919 – death of Worm Pander, sculptor. (Born 20 June 1864).

6 September 1930 – Democratically elected Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen overthrown by fascist and conservative forces. Hipólito was affectionately known as ‘el peludo‘ (the Hairy Armadillo) because of his introverted character. A revolutionary, left-wing politician, Hipólito was also known as the ‘Father of the Poor’. He was twice president (1916-1922 and 1928-1930). He introduced numerous important social reforms, becoming a hero to the working class, including compulsory male suffrage, a rise in the standard of living for Argentina’s working class, improvements in factory conditions, regulation of working hours, compulsory pensions and universally accessible public education system.

6 September 1943 – birth of Roger Waters, bassist and vocalist for Pink Floyd.