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kiddle

kiddle noun: a kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.

Noun

kiddle (plural kiddles)

  1. A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.

Proper noun capitalized: Kiddle

Kiddle

  1. A surname.

kiddle meaning in Tamil

kiddle in Tamil

ஆற்றணை வலை

Forms of kiddle

pluralkiddles
alternative formkettle
alternative formkittle
alternative formkiddel
alternative formkidel

Origin of kiddle

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”).

Words formed from kiddle

Phrases with kiddle

Questions about kiddle

What does kiddle mean?
Kiddle means a kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.
What is kiddle in Tamil?
Kiddle in Tamil is ஆற்றணை வலை. See Kiddle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is kiddle?
Kiddle can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of kiddle?
The plural of kiddle is kiddles.

Words near kiddle in the dictionary

  1. kiddish
  2. kiddishes
  3. kiddishim
  4. kiddiwink
  5. kiddiwinks
  6. kiddle
  7. kiddle of fish
  8. kiddle-a-wink
  9. kiddle-a-winks
  10. kiddles
  11. kiddleywink

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kiddle (page history and authors); Kiddle (page history and authors); kiddle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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