wattled

Made of twigs

Wattled describes something having wattles—the fleshy, often colorful folds of skin hanging from the throat or head of certain birds like turkeys and roosters.

It also describes construction made with wattle, an ancient building technique using interwoven sticks and branches plastered with mud: wattled huts, a wattled fence.

A wattled bird has prominent throat flaps; a wattled wall has a woven framework.

anatomy

dewlap

Hanging neck fold

fleshy · hanging · lobe · skin · flap · poultry · rooster · hen · turkey · gobbler

construction

daub

Apply crudely

  • mudWet soil mixture
  • clayMoldable earth for ceramics
  • twigsThin woody shoots

branches · reeds · weaving · interlacing · lattice · framework · wickerwork · basketwork · fencing · hut

bird

cassowary

Large flightless Australian bird

jacana · plover · curassow · ibis · heron · stork · guineafowl · turkey · pheasant · bellbird

Opposites
construction method

wattledhewn

Cut or shaped

brick · dressed stone · timber-framed · mortared · ashlar

avian/animal anatomy

wattledunadorned

Lacking decoration or ornament

material solidity

wattledsolid

Firm matter state

monolithic · massive · impermeable · continuous · unbroken

Family

wattle-and-daub, wattle, wattles

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G