Acreel is awicker basket usually used for carrying fish or blocks ofpeat. It is also thefish trap used to catch lobsters and other crustaceans.
In modern times, the term has come to encompass various types of wicker baskets used byanglers orcommercial fishermen to hold fish or other prey. The word is also associated with agriculture and some domestic baskets.[1]
In theNorth Seaherring industry of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the creel was a basket used to measure the volume of a catch.[2] The standard measures were creel, which were made in officially approved volumes of one half and one quartercran (another unit for measuring fresh herring).
An angler's creel is designed to function as anevaporative cooler when lined withmoss and dipped into the creek to keep the catch chilled. Caught fish are inserted through a slot in the top, held in place by a small leather strap.[3]
Creels are also the high sides added to a towed trailer, making it more suitable for carrying loose materials such as turf.
According to the first edition of theOxford English Dictionary[4] and theDictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue,[5] the origin of the word is uncertain. However, theMiddle English Dictionary asserts that it derives fromOld French "grëil,gräil,grëille,gräille a grill (from L[atin]cratīcula)".[6]
The wordcreel is also used in Scotland to refer to a device used to catch lobsters and other crustaceans. Made of woven netting (similar to that used in traditionalfishing net) over a frame of plastic tubing and a slatted wooden base, this type of creel is analogous in function to alobster pot. Several creels put out on one line can be referred to as a "leader".
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