weely

English

Alternative forms

• weel

Etymology

British dialect weel, weal, a wicker basket to catch eels; probably akin to willow, because made of willow twigs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːli/

Noun

weely (plural weelies)

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

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “weely”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)