creelPronunciation: /kriːl/Definition of creel noun 1a large wicker basket for holding fish. an angler’s fishing basket. 2a rack holding bobbins or spools when spinning. Origin: Middle English (in sense 1; originally Scots and northern English): of unknown origin. sense 2 dates from the mid 19th centurycreel in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of creel in the US English dictionary
