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creel

UK/kɹiːl/ US/ˈkril/ rare

noun

1.

a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish

Origin

Inherited from Northern Middle English crele, possibly from an Old French root *creille, variant of greille (compare French grille), from Latin crāticula.

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