Kiddle

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

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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