1 wat.tle \'wat- l\ n [ME wattel, fr. OE watel; akin to OHG wadal bandage]  
  1 a : a fabrication of poles interwoven with slender branches, withes, 
  or reeds and used esp. formerly in building  b : material for such 
  construction  c pl : poles laid on a roof to support thatch  2 a : a fleshy 
  dependent process usu. about the head or neck (as of a bird)  b : BARBEL  3 
  Austral : ACACIA -- wat.tled \- ld\ adj 

2 wattle vt wat.tling \'wat-lin, - l-in\   1 : to form or build of or with 
  wattle  2 a : to form into wattle : interlace to form wattle  b : to unite 
  or make solid by interweaving light flexible material