kiddle

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noun

A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.

OriginMiddle English kidel ← Anglo-Norman quidel ← Old Breton kidel →
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Meanings

kiddle1

nounkiddle (plural kiddles)

plural kiddles · alternative kettle · alternative kittle · alternative kiddel · alternative kidel

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

Kiddle2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Old Bretonkidel“a net at the mouth of a stream”
  2. Anglo-Normanquidel
  3. Middle Englishkidel
  4. Englishkiddle

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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APA

kiddle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kiddle

MLA

“kiddle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kiddle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kiddle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kiddle.

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