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- noun Plural form of
kreel .
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Examples
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Soon after we brought up, several curiously-shaped boats, called kreels, came alongside, containing eight tubs, each holding a chaldron; these tubs being hoisted on board, their bottoms were opened and the coals fell into the hold.
Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Mr Williamson, 49, has also made a number of stone seats in the shape of large fish baskets known as kreels, for Cavendish Dock in Barrow as part of the area's regeneration scheme.
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Mr Williamson, 49, has also made a number of stone seats in the shape of large fish baskets known as kreels, for Cavendish Dock in Barrow as part of the area's regeneration scheme.
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"Ah? -- you see there are no reeds that make music now-a-days; the reeds are only good to be woven into kreels for the fruits and the fish of the market."
Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida 1839-1908 Ouida 1873
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The kreels, which were oval in shape, were propelled by a long oar or pole on each side, worked by a man who walked along the gunwale from the bow to the stern, pressing the upper end with his shoulder while the lower touched the ground.
Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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