English Explanatory Dictionary

kiddle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

kiddle kiddles 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”).

Derived words

kettle of fish
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