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creel

/kriːl/
verb
  1. To pack or store fish in a creel.
    • The guide taught us how to creel the fish without damaging them.
    • After a good day on the river, he creeled his salmon carefully.
    • They creeled the day's catch and headed back to the cabin.
noun
  1. A wicker basket used by anglers to hold caught fish.
    • She wove a new creel from willow branches for her fishing trips.
    • He carried his catch in a creel slung over his shoulder.
    • The old fisherman sat on the bank with a creel full of trout.
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