weely

W4E1E1L1Y4
/ˈwiːli/

noun

A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs.

OriginMiddle English wili ← Old English wylie →
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Meanings

nounweely (plural weelies)

plural weelies

  1. A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs.

    They are taken generally, by a little Sayne net: specially the Eeles in weelies

    1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Old Englishwylie
  2. Middle Englishwili
  3. Englishweely

From weel + -y. Alternatively, a continuation of Middle English wili, whily, from Old English wylie, a variant of wyliġe, wiliġe (“basket”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

wheeliewheely (in some accents)

Anagrams

Lewey
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APA

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MLA

“weely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weely. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weely,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weely.

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