wattling

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.

Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States Thirteenth Annual Report of the Beaurau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896 pages 3-46 William Henry Holmes 1889

An arc toward the corner of his house, then wattling at a fevered pace, through the trees, into the yard behind her home.

Gabbie Zombie Caleb Stright 2011

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.

The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

Rooster seems to be wattling rite alawng wif teh flamencos.

KFC witness - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

A trench accordingly is dug leading into a river, and wattled at the river end with reeds and stones, an aperture being left in the wattling through which the river water flows into the trench; when the frost comes on the fish can be taken out of the trench in weels.

The History of Animals 2002

All it needed was some new wattling and turf on the roof.

Moonheart De Lint, Charles, 1951- 1990

Montauban was wattling furiously, but Elgin didn't mind him.

Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

Montauban was wattling furiously, but Elgin didn't mind him.

Flashman And The Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

In the dusk he saw Dasio patiently waiting nearby, his feet less than a. pace away from a well-gnawed hole in the foundation wattling.

The Magic May Return Niven, Larry 1981

Haggard, with dark patches under the eyes, a pronounced wattling of the jowls, and shrunken into his clothes as if, despite that pot belly, he had suddenly lost considerable weight.

The Luxembourg Run Ellin, Stanley 1977