creel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish

WordNet

Creel noun
Etymology
Gael. craidhleag basket, creel.
Definitions
  1. An osier basket, such as anglers use. Sir W. Scott.
  2. (Spinning) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.

Webster 1913