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Definitions for Fettle

[1] state; condition: in fine fettle.
[2] Ceramics . to remove mold marks from (a cast piece).
[3] Metallurgy . to remove sand from (a casting). to repair the hearth of (an open-hearth furnace).
[4] to remove (excess moulding material and casting irregularities) from a cast component
[5] to line or repair (the walls of a furnace)
[6] British dialect to prepare or arrange (a thing, oneself, etc), esp to put a finishing touch to to repair or mend (something)
[7] state of health, spirits, etc (esp in the phrase in fine fettle )
[8] another name for fettling

Words related to Fettle

shape, order, condition

Words nearby Fettle

fetotoxicity, fetter, fetter bone, fetterbush, fetterlock, fettle, fettler, fettling, fettuccine, fettuccine alfredo, fettucine

Origin of Fettle

1300–50; Middle English fetle to shape, prepare, back formation from fetled, Old English *fetelede girded up, equivalent to fetel belt + -ede -ed2

Word origin for Fettle

C14 (in the sense: to put in order): back formation from fetled girded up, from Old English fetel belt

Synonyms for Fettle

condition, order, shape, emotional state, mental state, sound condition, state of mind