Definition of Creel

1. Noun. A wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish.

Generic synonyms: Basket, Handbasket

Definition of Creel

1. n. An osier basket, such as anglers use.

Definition of Creel

1. Noun. (fishing) An osier basket, such as anglers use to hold fish. ¹

2. Noun. A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Creel

1. to put fish in a creel (a fish basket) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Creel

creek
creek-bed
creek bed
creek beds
creekbed
creekbeds
creekfish
creekfront
creekier
creekiest
creeks
creekside
creeksides
creekwater
creeky
creel (current term)
creeled
creeler
creeling
creels
creep feed
creep in
creep into
creep joint
creep recovery
creep someone out
creep up
creepage
creepages

Literary usage of Creel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"When worsted yarn is being spooled, it is usually necessary to substitute a creel for the bobbin stand shown in Fig. 1, since worsted yarn is usually ..."

2. Brand's Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Faiths and Folklore; a by John Brand, William Carew Hazlitt (1905)
"After a great deal of innocent mirth and pleasantry, the creel falls at length to the ... The creel goes round again ; more merriment succeeds ; and all the ..."

3. Russian-American Relations, March, 1917-March, 1920: Documents and Papers by Foreign Policy Association, Caroline King Cumming, Walter William Pettit (1920)
"_He was Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Public Information (of which Mr. George creel was Chairman) and special representative of the Committee in Russia. ..."

4. Mexico's Pacific Coast by Vivien Lougheed (2004)
"Casa La Cancha sits on a hillside above the only store in town. There is a sign. The down-side is that this place is now for sale. creel C reel sits at 7600 ..."

5. Proceedings of the National Arbitration and Peace Congress, New York, April by Robert Erskine Ely (1907)
"His Excellency, Senor Enrique C. creel, the Mexican Ambassador to the United ... SENOR creel: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN : I am proud to say that I have two ..."

6. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"When worsted yarn is being spooled, it is usually necessary to substitute a creel for the bobbin stand shown in Fig. 1, since worsted yarn is usually ..."

7. Brand's Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Faiths and Folklore; a by John Brand, William Carew Hazlitt (1905)
"After a great deal of innocent mirth and pleasantry, the creel falls at length to the ... The creel goes round again ; more merriment succeeds ; and all the ..."

8. Russian-American Relations, March, 1917-March, 1920: Documents and Papers by Foreign Policy Association, Caroline King Cumming, Walter William Pettit (1920)
"_He was Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Public Information (of which Mr. George creel was Chairman) and special representative of the Committee in Russia. ..."

9. Mexico's Pacific Coast by Vivien Lougheed (2004)
"Casa La Cancha sits on a hillside above the only store in town. There is a sign. The down-side is that this place is now for sale. creel C reel sits at 7600 ..."

10. Proceedings of the National Arbitration and Peace Congress, New York, April by Robert Erskine Ely (1907)
"His Excellency, Senor Enrique C. creel, the Mexican Ambassador to the United ... SENOR creel: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN : I am proud to say that I have two ..."

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