noun
definition
An osier basket, such as anglers use to hold fish.
definition
A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.
Examples of creels in a Sentence
The boats from Kallin fish for shellfish using creels, and flatfish using long lines.
Creels stacked on deck of fishing boat Open The fisherman lays his creels stacked on deck of fishing boat Open The fisherman lays his creels in ' sets ' on the seabed.
A local fisherman has also revealed that he had found radioactive debris from Dounreay in his lobster creels on a number of occasions.
The machine turns up the roots and the laborers, in a line, bend down to fill their wicker creels (baskets ).
Water brings fish creels, harbors, beach barbeques and damp flannels.