Definition of "wattling" [wat•tling]

• An interwoven mesh of twigs; wattle (noun)
• The act of making such a mesh (noun)

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• "The term wattling is applied to such constructions as employ by interlacing, plaiting, etc., somewhat heavy, rigid, or slightly pliable parts, as rods, boughs, canes, and vines."
• "An arc toward the corner of his house, then wattling at a fevered pace, through the trees, into the yard behind her home."
• "I stood there, wattling, no doubt, and trying to think of a cutting retort - but interrupting a conversation between a woman and a cat ain't as easy as it might seem."