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How to use wattle in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun, verb

Wattle means a construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof. Example: “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.”

Examples of wattle by meaning

nounAny of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning, seen as a national...

  • 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.1901, “Progress in the Fruit Industry of Queensland”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, page 16

More sentences with wattle

  • The 1½-hour tramp passes through banksia, gum, and wattle forests, with spectacular views of peaks and valleys.2006, Marc Llewellyn, Lee Mylne, Frommer′s Australia from $60 a Day, page 186. From the entry tramp
  • Dogs were heard howling and there was a rustle in the silver wattle.2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 160. From the entry silver wattle
  • A tiny white head with a small red wattle hanging from its beak was peeking into our tent.2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 273. From the entry guinea fowl
  • Golden wattle, on the other hand, that capricious, fluffy-dusty do-gooder of a plant, will produce an entirely different result.2018, Robbie Arnott, Flames, Text Publishing, published 2023, page 56. From the entry golden wattle
  • In birds, photosensitization affects unfeathered or undowned portions of the body including the beak, ocular area, comb, wattles, and feet.1982, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, page 259. From the entry undowned
  • They dam the stream with a wattle fencing and then throw the mashed babasco in above this fish weir.1915, Thomas Whiffen, The North-West Amazons. From the entry babasco
  • She breathed in the scent of the gum leaves and the wattle blossom washing across the narrow channel that separated them from the Old People.2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 289. From the entry old people
  • The first signs of an attack of favus are small, pale, irregular, cup-like spots on the comb or wattles, generally appearing on the comb first.1901 July 19, “Favus in Poultry”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 10, page 317. From the entry favus
  • Smoked in bongs, pipes, and joints in living rooms, by rivers, on mountaintops, under wattle trees, and at festivals around the globe, changa use has proliferated.2016, Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Clancy Cavnar, Alex K. Gearin, editors, The World Ayahuasca Diaspora: Reinventions and Controversies…. From the entry changa
  • It grows on branches of wirilda wattle, and is no longer common in the area, although it can also be seen on wirildas along the cliff walk at Queenscliff.2013, Graham Patterson, Coastal guide to nature and history: Port Phillip Bay, page 27. From the entry wirilda
  • Annabelle recognised the silver-leaved ironbarks, stunted and twisted in their growth, pale golden wattle in bloom, the dense scrub pressing to the verge of the road.2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 270. From the entry silver-leaved ironbark
  • The walls, which are fixed direct into the ground without a plinth, are made of wattle and plastered with a thin lair of mud or cowdung.1912, Central Provinces (India), Central Provinces District Gazetteers, page 96. From the entry direct
  • The old monk who was the night-janitor of the monastery now appeared bearing in his hand a dark-lantern and a wattle basket with some fruit and a bowl of rice.1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1022. From the entry dark lantern
  • It was a relief to enter the cool, dustless streets of the bazaars, which here are not domed as in Persia but roofed after a fashion with sacking and wattles.1926, C. P. Skrine, Chinese Central Asia, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 52. From the entry Yangi Hissar

Meaning of wattle

  1. noun A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
  2. noun A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
  3. noun A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.

Full definition of wattle

Questions about wattle in a sentence

How do you use wattle in a sentence?
Wattle is used as a noun and verb. For example: “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.”
What is a short sentence with wattle?
“Dogs were heard howling and there was a rustle in the silver wattle.”
What does wattle mean?
Wattle means a construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.

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