Etymology

kiddle

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Today it means: A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence. Full definition →

Middle English kidel ← Anglo-Norman quidel ← Old Breton kidel
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  1. Old Breton · derived fromkidel“a net at the mouth of a stream”
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromquidel
  3. Middle English · inherited fromkidel
  4. English todaykiddle

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”).

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