fettle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a state of fitness and good health
    • in fine fettle
  2. verb remove mold marks or sand from (a casting)

WordNet

Fet"tle transitive verb
Etymology
OE. & Prov. E., to fettle (in sense 1), fettle, n., order, repair, preparation, dress; prob. akin to E. fit. See Fit, a.
Definitions
  1. 1. To repair; to prepare; to put in order. Prov. Eng. Carlyle.
  2. (Metal.) To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace.
Fet"tle intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business. Prov. Eng. Bp. Hall.
Fet"tle noun
Definitions
  1. The act of fettling. Prov. Eng. Wright.

Webster 1913