wattleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English wattel, watel, from 古期英語 watel, watul (“hurdle”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒtl̩/
• (General American) enPR: wŏtʹl, IPA^(key): /ˈwɑtl̩/, [ˈwɑ.ɾl̩]
• 韻: -ɒtəl
• Homophone: what'll (in some accents with the wine-whine merger)

名詞

wattle (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 wattles)

1. A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
   • 1874, Alfred Tennyson, “The Holy Grail”, in Idylls of the King (The Works of Alfred Tennyson; VI), cabinet edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., […], OCLC 1066791046, page 104:

     And there the heathen Prince, Arviragus, / Gave him an isle of marsh whereon to build; / And there he built with wattles from the marsh / A little lonely church in days of yore, […]

2. A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
3. A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken かつ turkey) and some lizards.
4. A barbel of a fish.
5. A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
6. Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
   • 2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa:

     The buttons below his waddle open to reveal a ruddy V, tidemark of the sun.

7. Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning.
   • 1901, “Progress in the Fruit Industry of Queensland”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎^[1], volume 4, page 16:

     The tents and sheets are made of the best Canadian duck, tanned for the purpose of preservation with a strong extract of iron-bark and wattle-bark.

8. This plant seen as the national emblem of Australia.

等位語

• (skin on head of birds): caruncle, comb, cockscomb, crest, snood

派生語