cuttle

¹ American  

[kuht-l] / ˈkʌt l /

noun

1. cuttlefish.

2. cuttlebone.

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cuttle ² American  

[kuht-l] / ˈkʌt l /

verb (used with object)

Textiles.

cuttled, cuttling

1. to fold (cloth) face to face after finishing.

2. to allow (cloth) to lie without further treatment after fulling, milling, scouring, etc.

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cuttle British  

/ ˈkʌtəl /

noun

1. short for cuttlefish cuttlebone

2. a small cuttlefish, Sepiola atlantica, often found on beaches

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Etymology

Origin of cuttle¹

before 1000; late Middle English codel, Old English cudele (replaced in the 16th century by cuttlefish and subsequently reshortened)

Origin of cuttle²

First recorded in 1535–45; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

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cuttle cuttled cuttling

The cuttle was anchored by three of its tentacles.

From The Wings of the Morning by Louis Tracy

He took equal parts of cuttle bone, small white sea-shells, pumice stone, burnt stag's horn, nitre, alum, rock salt, burnt roots of iris, aristolochia, and reeds.

From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by James Joseph Walsh

"I presume you mean that a giant squid or cuttle fish has attacked us," spoke the professor.

From Under the Ocean to the South Pole Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder by Roy Rockwood

"The term molusc is applied by naturalists to creatures which have no vertebrae, as for example, the cuttle fish and the oyster."

From Willis the Pilot by Paul Adrien

Ned Land's harpoon, at each stroke, was plunged into the staring eyes of the cuttle fish.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

The doubled piece now passes between a pair of positively driven drawing rollers, and is then "faked," "cuttled," or pleated as indicated.

From The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth by T. Woodhouse

This operation is also known as "cuttling" or "faking."

From The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth by T. Woodhouse