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Meanings of wattle in English

Portuguese
queixo
Catalan
barba
Spanish
barba

A fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards.

queixo
Synonyms
Examples for "lappet"
Examples for "lappet"
1
At last the tickets were found in the outer lappet of Elizabeth Eliza's hand-bag.
The Last of the Peterkins / With Others of Their Kin
2
Fink took him confidentially by the lappet of his coat.
Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
3
Let me go, or I shall leave the lappet of my coat in your hands.
Dr. Dumany's Wife
4
Our badge was a red morocco star, worn under the left lappet of the vest.
Confessions of Boyhood
5
This style of weave is known as lappet weave.
Textiles, for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools ...
Usage of wattle in English
1
The time was early December, and the golden wattle in full bloom.
The Lost Valley
2
Cottages were no longer made of mud and wattle, but of stone.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
3
Every magpie, minah, and wattle-bird within a mile joins in the clamour.
The Book of the Bush / Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the ...
4
The hut was very small and was made of wattle and daub.
A Boy's Ride
5
A cottage built of wattle and daub stood ahead, roofed in straw.
Assail
6
The light of a low fire cast flickering shadows over wattle-and-mud walls.
Celtic fire
7
A low earthen wall surrounded the house, barns, and three stone-and-wattle corrals.
Hidden Warrior
8
For leave to sit by their wattle they demanded contributions of fuel.
War and Peace
9
The doorway was generally closed by a wattle secured by a bar.
Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion
10
The Anthochaera carunculata is the largest of the wattle birds in South Australia.
Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia / Performed Un...
11
Turning, Wulf saw Erik enter the wattle gate to the garden.
The captive
12
Yet here was wattle as far as the eye could reach.
The Lost Valley
13
Toby and I built a wattle hut, and a shelter for the pony.
Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
14
We have only to wattle a screen between these four uprights.
Foul Play
15
The village street ran along the mud-and-wattle front wall of Shivdas's high farmhouse.
Magic seeds
16
Roughed logs formed the walls, insulated with thick layers of wattle.
Shadow's son
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Translations for wattle
Portuguese
queixo
Wattle through the time
Wattle across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common