wattle

IPA: wˈɑtʌɫ

A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.
A barbel of a fish.
A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning, seen as a national emblem of Australia.

Examples of "wattle" in Sentences

A wattle is the bit of flesh below a rooster’s beak.
The wattle was a framework of woven withes covered by layers of daub consisting of clay, lime, horsehair, and cow dung.
Those marks on my face are wrinkles, and that thing under my chin is called a wattle, which is only going to hang lower in years to come.
To make the open frames livable buildings, carpenters and masons in other European countries and the British Isles commonly filled in between the timbers with bricks, plaster, or a plaster-and-stick composite called wattle and daub.