1895,R. D. Blackmore,Slain By The Doones, Dodd, Mead and Company, page 6:
Return with acreel of trout for supper.
1897, William Henley,In Fisherrow:
Her greatcreel forehead-slung, she wanders nigh, Easing the heavy strap with gnarled, brown fingers
(chiefly historical) Such a basket slung as abackpack forcargo, especially in times and places with limited or nonexistentwheeled transport, as for example among peasants in mountainous regions.
(chiefly historical) Such a basket slung on a pack animal; apannier.
For aught that appears in the record, plaintiff's fall was due entirely to the fact that his foot "creeled," and no one can say that his injuries were not due to the fall, but to the fact that he rolled down the embankment.[…] he stepped around, and in doing so "creeled his foot in some way" and fell down the embankment,[…]
1975, Marjorie Chalmers,Better I Stay, page34:
[…] a "creeled foot " strapped to relieve strained muscles,[…]
2014 July 25, Anthony Cavender,Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia, UNC Press Books,→ISBN, pages114-115:
Hecreeled his ankle when he jumped off the porch.[…] Vinegar was a key ingredient in many remedies for acreeled ankle.
