wattle

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.

   “And there the heathen Prince, Arviragus, / Gave him an isle of marsh whereon to build; / And there he built with wattles from the marsh / A little lonely church in days of yore, […]”

2. (countable, uncountable)A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
3. (countable, uncountable)A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.
4. (countable, uncountable)A barbel of a fish.
5. (countable, uncountable)A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
6. (countable, uncountable)Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.

   “The buttons below his waddle open to reveal a ruddy V, tidemark of the sun.”

7. (countable, uncountable)Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning, seen as a national emblem of Australia.

   “The tents and sheets are made of the best Canadian duck, tanned for the purpose of preservation with a strong extract of iron-bark and wattle-bark.”

8. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)An ear (organ of hearing).

   “1859, George Washington Matsell, Vocabulum; or The Rogue's Lexicon "Tip me your wattles, my pal, and touch my whids, or I'll make you whindle like a kinchin," give me your ears and take my words, or I'll make you snivel like a child.”

   “Wat. A hare, from his wattles, i. e. long ears.”

verb

1. (transitive)To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.
2. (transitive)To bind with wattles or twigs.